-The number one cause of blindness in the United States is diabetes.
-Cephalacaudal recapitulation is the reason our extremities develop faster than the rest of us.
-During a kiss as many as 278 bacteria colonies are exchanged.
-Mageiricophobia is the intense fear of having to cook.
-In the 1800s, it was believed that gin could cure stomach problems.
-Some artrhritis medicine have gold salts which is used as an anti-inflamitory.
-Over 90% of diseases are caused or complicated by stress.
-Three men who appeared in Marlboro advertisements – Wayne McLaren, David McLean and Dick Hammer – died of lung cancer, thus earning Marlboro cigarettes, specifically Marlboro Reds, the nickname “Cowboy killers”.
-The flu pandemic of 1918 killed more than 20 million people.
-The oddest known disease in the world is leprosy.
-A suriphobe is someone who is afraid of mice.
-The first open heart surgery was performed in 1893.
-An erythrophobe is someone who blushes easily.
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