The Romans did not use numerals to indicate fractions but instead used words to indicate parts of a whole.
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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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Cytomegalovirus affects nearly the same amount of newborns every year as Down syndrome.
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In 1864, the first barbiturate (barbituric acid) was synthesized.
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About 3% of all pregnant women will give birth to twins, which is an increase in rate of nearly 60% since the early 1980s.
