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On average, the stomach produces 2 L of hydrochloric acid per day.
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The calories found in one piece of cherry cheesecake could light a 60-watt light bulb for 1.5 hours.
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Every 10 seconds, a person in the United States goes to the emergency room complaining of head pain. About 1.2 million visits are for acute migraine attacks.
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The average human gut is home to perhaps 500 to 1,000 different species of bacteria.
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The use of salicylates dates back 2,500 years to Hippocrates’s recommendation of willow bark (from which a salicylate is derived) as an aid to the pains of childbirth. However, overdosage of salicylates can harm body fluids, electrolytes, the CNS, the GI tract, the ears, the lungs, the blood, the liver, and the kidneys and cause coma or death.