By putting a frog in a bucket of milk, scientists following up on an ancient Russian way of keeping milk from going sour have identified a wealth of new antibiotic substances.
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You're born with 300 bones, but when you get to be an adult, you only have 206!
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The lense of the eye continues to grow throughout a person's life.
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From the age of thirty, humans gradually begin to shrink in size.
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Children are poisoned most frequently by eating harmful plants.
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The human brain is more active during sleep than during the day.
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The chemicals indole and skatole, which help to account for the particular smell of human feces, are used as ingredients in perfume!
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