"According to the WHO (World Health Organization) and recent studies, the average person will shed roughly 112 pounds of skin in their lifetime."
"Your cellphone has 10 times more bacteria on it than the average public restroom. "
"Roughly 250,000 deaths are caused by medical error each year."
"A pet cat, named Oscar, resided in a nursing home and was believed to be able to tell when one of the residents would soon die. He’d sleep beside them until they passed."
"Scaphism was an ancient form of torture and execution where you’d cover someone with honey, stick them in a hollowed log, and let them be eaten alive."
"Twenty percent of children report hearing voices. "
"Mice and rats can spread at least 35 different diseases to humans. These infections include salmonellosis, hantavirus, and rat-bite fever."
"In the 1800s, dentures were made out of the real teeth of deceased people."
"Before the advent of cups and bowls, people in ancient England used hollowed-out human skulls to hold their food and drink."
"Lady Bugs are known to eat their own larvae to ensure the survival of the other larvae. "
"Pigs can eat an entire human body"
"A human head remains conscious for around 20 seconds after being decapitated."
"Dead bodies swell up like balloons after about four days, due to the release of gases and liquids."
"The Japanese Hornet is one of the largest and most venomous hornets in the world. A sting from this bug can result in kidney failure."
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It doesn't sit straight up and down, but rather the main mass of the atriums is centered between the lungs, while the ventricles are angled slightly to the left of the sternum. Dextrocardia is when the heart is angled to the right.
This degrading ability to replace dead cells is why the elderly look so... well, the way they do, and why they become more susceptible to disease. However, this can also lead simply to organ failure, which is technically death due to old age.
Built his own cred.