ComfortEagle
11-13-2005, 02:50 PM
A medical curiosity was David Kennison, who was born in 1736 and participated in the Boston Tea Party. At the age of seventy-six, serving in the War of 1812, he lost a hand to a gunshot wound. Later, a tree fell on him, and fractured his skull. Some years later, while training soldiers in the use of a cannon, something went wrong and an explosion shattered his legs. He recovered. Yet later, a horse damaged his face. He died peacefully in 1851 at the age of 115.
Scientists are working on the possibility of removing a dying woman's ovaries and saving the eggs so that the woman can still have children, even after she is dead.
If you split a human embryo when it is less than a week old, identical twins will develop. This is already done with cattle.
Fetuses have gills.
One out of every 16 children is born with defects. Most of these are minor, such as the babies born with tails. When a baby is born with a tail, the doctors cut it off right away. Most people do not know if they had a tail.
In 1793, in France a true cyclops was born. She was a girl who lived to fifteen years old. She had a single eye in the middle of her face.
When you laugh, you expel short bursts of air at up to 70 miles per hour. Sneezes have been clocked at up to 100 miles per hour.
Recent scientific research indicates that garlic is a natural cancer-fighter. It also seems to lower cholesterol.
It has been found that citrus fruits, peanuts, and possibly cheese help reduce the incidence of tooth decay.
The difference between the DNA of a human and the DNA of an ape amounts to about 1.1 percent of the total.
One out of every 22 Americans is bionic, having artificial parts in their bodies. These parts include heart valves, pins, tubes, joints and more.
Where did the flu, influenza, get its name? At one time people thought the sickness was caused by the 'influence' of the stars and planets.
You are more likely to have a heart attack in the morning than at other times of the day.
One out of every four Americans has a blood cholesterol level high enough to be risking heart attack.
The sound of a sewing needle falling on a table is so slight that the vibrations may move your eardrums less than the width of a molecule. Yet in a quiet room, you can hear it. The amount of energy reaching your ears has been estimated at less than a millionth of a billionth of a watt.
Children have far more colds than adults. One theory to explain this is that we acquire a permanent immunity to a cold once we get it. But there are many variations of the virus, we'd have to catch one of each kind of cold before we would be immune to all colds.
One out of every 100 cells in our body is for defense against disease. So if you weigh 150 pounds, 1-1/2 pounds of you are for self-defense.
A baby was born to parents in Turkey that weighed 24 pounds, 4 ounces at birth.
Shortest adult: Pauline Musters, one foot, 9.65 inches tall.
Tallest adult: Robert Wadlow, 8 feet, 11 inches tall.
Lightest adult: Lucia Zarate 13 pounds at age 20.
Heaviest adult: Jon Minnoch, 1,400 pounds.
The person who is currently the oldest in the world is 115 years old. She spent 75 years of her life in a mental institution.
There was a fellow in Japan, Mr. Izumi, who made it to the age of 120 or 121. His grey hair was starting to turn black again.
You can't sneeze with your eyes open.
You can sweat up to 3 gallons per day.
It has been proven that if you exercise, you will add about two years to your life. However, you will use the two years exercising.
The native residents of the Andes Mountains, where the air is thin and oxygen is hard to get, have more than two extra quarts of blood in their bodies.
People with blue eyes are better able to see in the dark.
People are about an inch shorter in late evening than first thing in the morning.
Scientists are working on the possibility of removing a dying woman's ovaries and saving the eggs so that the woman can still have children, even after she is dead.
If you split a human embryo when it is less than a week old, identical twins will develop. This is already done with cattle.
Fetuses have gills.
One out of every 16 children is born with defects. Most of these are minor, such as the babies born with tails. When a baby is born with a tail, the doctors cut it off right away. Most people do not know if they had a tail.
In 1793, in France a true cyclops was born. She was a girl who lived to fifteen years old. She had a single eye in the middle of her face.
When you laugh, you expel short bursts of air at up to 70 miles per hour. Sneezes have been clocked at up to 100 miles per hour.
Recent scientific research indicates that garlic is a natural cancer-fighter. It also seems to lower cholesterol.
It has been found that citrus fruits, peanuts, and possibly cheese help reduce the incidence of tooth decay.
The difference between the DNA of a human and the DNA of an ape amounts to about 1.1 percent of the total.
One out of every 22 Americans is bionic, having artificial parts in their bodies. These parts include heart valves, pins, tubes, joints and more.
Where did the flu, influenza, get its name? At one time people thought the sickness was caused by the 'influence' of the stars and planets.
You are more likely to have a heart attack in the morning than at other times of the day.
One out of every four Americans has a blood cholesterol level high enough to be risking heart attack.
The sound of a sewing needle falling on a table is so slight that the vibrations may move your eardrums less than the width of a molecule. Yet in a quiet room, you can hear it. The amount of energy reaching your ears has been estimated at less than a millionth of a billionth of a watt.
Children have far more colds than adults. One theory to explain this is that we acquire a permanent immunity to a cold once we get it. But there are many variations of the virus, we'd have to catch one of each kind of cold before we would be immune to all colds.
One out of every 100 cells in our body is for defense against disease. So if you weigh 150 pounds, 1-1/2 pounds of you are for self-defense.
A baby was born to parents in Turkey that weighed 24 pounds, 4 ounces at birth.
Shortest adult: Pauline Musters, one foot, 9.65 inches tall.
Tallest adult: Robert Wadlow, 8 feet, 11 inches tall.
Lightest adult: Lucia Zarate 13 pounds at age 20.
Heaviest adult: Jon Minnoch, 1,400 pounds.
The person who is currently the oldest in the world is 115 years old. She spent 75 years of her life in a mental institution.
There was a fellow in Japan, Mr. Izumi, who made it to the age of 120 or 121. His grey hair was starting to turn black again.
You can't sneeze with your eyes open.
You can sweat up to 3 gallons per day.
It has been proven that if you exercise, you will add about two years to your life. However, you will use the two years exercising.
The native residents of the Andes Mountains, where the air is thin and oxygen is hard to get, have more than two extra quarts of blood in their bodies.
People with blue eyes are better able to see in the dark.
People are about an inch shorter in late evening than first thing in the morning.