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When Gabriel Fahrenheit invented the first mercury thermometer, he called "zero degrees" the lowest temperature he was able to attain with a mixture of ice and salt. For the upper point of his scale, he used 96°, which he measured as normal human body temperature (we know it to be 98.6° today because of more accurate thermometers).
Earwax has antimicrobial properties that reduce the viability of bacteria and fungus in the human ear.
Signs and symptoms of a drug overdose include losing consciousness, fever or sweating, breathing problems, abnormal pulse, and changes in skin color.
After 5 years of being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, one every three patients will no longer be able to work.
More than 4.4billion prescriptions were dispensed within the United States in 2016.