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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A woman's sense of smell is most sensitive during ovulation.
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About half of all Americans are on a diet on any given day.
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Children are more allergic to cockroaches than they are to cats!
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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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Coughing can cause air to move through your windpipe faster than the speed of sound - over a thousand feet per second!
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Redheads require up to 20% more anesthesia to be knocked out.
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Pain travels through the body at 350 feet per second!
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