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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).
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The most destructive flu epidemic of all times in recorded history occurred in 1918, with approximately 20 million deaths worldwide.
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The first oncogene was discovered in 1970 and was termed SRC (pronounced "SARK").
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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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The people with the highest levels of LDL are Mexican American males and non-Hispanic black females.