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The human body's pharmacokinetics are quite varied. Our hair holds onto drugs longer than our urine, blood, or saliva. For example, alcohol can be detected in the hair for up to 90 days after it was consumed. The same is true for marijuana, cocaine, ecstasy, heroin, methamphetamine, and nicotine.
After a vasectomy, it takes about 12 ejaculations to clear out sperm that were already beyond the blocked area.
Human neurons are so small that they require a microscope in order to be seen. However, some neurons can be up to 3 feet long, such as those that extend from the spinal cord to the toes.
There are 60,000 miles of blood vessels in every adult human.
Malaria was not eliminated in the United States until 1951. The term eliminated means that no new cases arise in a country for 3 years.