Male hospital patients fall out of bed twice as often as female hospital patients.
71
The lifespan of a tastebud is ten days.
130
An average heart beats 100,000 times a day, pumping some 2,000 gallons of blood through its chambers. Over a 70-year life span, that adds up to more than 2.5 billion heartbeats.
73
Men get hiccups more often than women.
93
In older people, memory is best early in the morning and then declines during the late afternoon.
33
Lack of water is the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue.
148
Perspiration is odorless; it is the bacteria on the skin that creates an odor.
39
Surgeons who listen to music during operations perform better than those who don't .
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