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Historic treatments for rheumatoid arthritis have included gold salts, acupuncture, a diet consisting of apples or rhubarb, nutmeg, nettles, bee venom, bracelets made of copper, prayer, rest, tooth extractions, fasting, honey, vitamins, insulin, snow collected on Christmas, magnets, and electric convulsion therapy.
The eye muscles are the most active muscles in the whole body. The external muscles that move the eyes are the strongest muscles in the human body for the job they have to do. They are 100 times more powerful than they need to be.
The Romans did not use numerals to indicate fractions but instead used words to indicate parts of a whole.
Most childhood vaccines are 90–99% effective in preventing disease. Side effects are rarely serious.
In 1844, Charles Goodyear obtained the first patent for a rubber condom.