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There used to be a metric calendar, as well as metric clocks. The metric calendar, or "French Republican Calendar" divided the year into 12 months, but each month was divided into three 10-day weeks. Each day had 10 decimal hours. Each hour had 100 decimal minutes. Due to lack of popularity, the metric clocks and calendars were ended in 1795, three years after they had been first marketed.
Earwax has antimicrobial properties that reduce the viability of bacteria and fungus in the human ear.
Egg cells are about the size of a grain of sand. They are formed inside of a female's ovaries before she is even born.
Cancer has been around as long as humankind, but only in the second half of the twentieth century did the number of cancer cases explode.
The tallest man ever known was Robert Wadlow, an American, who reached the height of 8 feet 11 inches. He died at age 26 years from an infection caused by the immense weight of his body (491 pounds) and the stress on his leg bones and muscles.