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Fascinating facts about the human body, medicine, and what keeps us alive.
Health & Body
How Long Does It Take A Person to Fall Asleep?
September 30, 2021
Health & Body
How Did They Keep Crying Babies Quiet in the Olden Times?
September 27, 2021
Health & Body
What is the Monster Study?
September 23, 2021
Health & Body
What is Sleep Paralysis?
September 22, 2021
Health & Body
How was Metformin Discovered?
September 21, 2021
Health & Body
Are Teenagers Scared to Drive?
September 20, 2021
Health & Body
Is Acetaminophen Ineffective for Back Pain?
September 14, 2021
Health & Body
What Was the Longest Surgery and How Long Did It Take?
September 7, 2021
Health & Body
What is Sleep Drunkenness?
August 28, 2021
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Are All People with Type 2 Diabetes Also Obese?
August 25, 2021
Health & Body
How Dirty is Money?
August 25, 2021
Health & Body
How Did Dr. John H. Kellogg Improve Administering Enemas?
August 16, 2021
Health & Body
Why Does Drowning Not Look Like Drowning?
July 26, 2021
Health & Body
What is Encephalitis lethargica?
June 1, 2021
Health & Body
You were more likely to get a job if you had smallpox scars in the 18th century. The scars proved that you already had smallpox and could not pass it on to your employers.
April 24, 2021
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In the 20's a freak show saved over 6500 premature babies' lives. Hospitals would leave them to die; but a "fake" Dr by the name of Martin Couney would display the babies in an experimental glass case called an incubator. He used the proceeds to pay for the show, seeing an 85% survival rate.
April 22, 2021
Health & Body
Our own stomach has to constantly secrete mucus to stop itself from being digested by our own stomach acid. Without that mucus, our stomach acid would eat through our stomach's lining.
April 21, 2021
Health & Body
"morning wood" is medically important to penile health, and that not having it over extend periods of time is a possible sign of a health issue.
April 4, 2021
Health & Body
ADHD doesn't always mean 'short attention span'. 'Hyperfocusing' on a task for hours on end is also a known symptom of ADHD, where the inability to stop is considered to be the problem.
April 4, 2021
Health & Body
In the 5th century BC, diabetes was first identified by a surgeon named Sushruta who pointed out that the urine of diabetics was sweet enough to attract ants and sticky to the touch. He noted that diabetes affected rich castes and was related to the excessive consumption of rice and sweets
March 31, 2021
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