Fun Fact Friday: Soma Technology Will Be at AHRMM 2018 Did you know that we are going to be exhibiting at AHRMM 2018? We will be at booth #137 at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago, Illinois. Our booth is in the middle of the exhibition hall, on the left side. Click to read […]
You Can Get an Allergy at Any Point in Your Life Today’s fun fact is that you can get an allergy at any point in your life! Maybe you thought you were in the clear if you didn’t have an allergy when you were a child. As a child, your parent probably brought you to […]
Fun Fact Friday: Your Nose Can Remember 50,000 Scents Did you know this? Your nose can remember 50,000 scents. Have you ever noticed that smell is the strongest of our senses? Have you ever had a time where you smelled something and you are instantly taken back to a memory? Can you identify a time […]
Fun Fact Friday: Your Lungs Can Cover a Tennis Court The body may seem somewhere on average within the 5-7 foot range, but we are completely compacted. The small intestine unraveled would be about 20 feet long. It is compacted to fit inside of our bodies. If the lungs were laid flat, our lungs can […]
Fun Fact Friday: How Many Times Does Your Heart Beat in a Day? Heart Beats No matter what physical activity you participate in, you’re going to get tired. If you work out, go for a run, or play sports, you might notice that your muscles get tired. It’s necessary to rest your muscles after strenuous exercise. Did you also […]
No Parent Will Ever Fully Have Tay-Sachs Disease No Parent Will Ever Fully Have Tay Sachs Disease. This is because a parent can only be a carrier of this disease. If each parent has the gene for Tay-Sachs and they pass it on to their baby, the disease will be fatal during childhood. What is […]
Humans Produce Enough Saliva to Fill Two Pools Humans produce enough saliva to fill two pools in a lifetime. That is a massive amount of saliva. In one day a human can produce up to a liter and a half of the bodily fluid. Because it is a bodily fluid, it has the ability to […]
The History of Gastric Bypass and Obesity in America The first laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery was performed in 1994, by Alan Wittgrove. Before then, procedures were very invasive. In the last 20 plus years, the amount of people electing to receive gastric bypass surgery has dramatically increased in conjunction with obesity rates. Obesity is declared […]
How Pure Were Royal Bloodlines? Royals wanted their bloodlines to be pure. They believed that if they married royalty with royalty, they would have an elite genetic condition far differing from commoners. The only problem with their logic was that they did not know how genetics worked. Charles Darwin discovered that genetics is strongest when […]
Unfolded, the Small Intestine Can Be Around 20 Feet The small intestine may confuse some people with its focus on small. The small of the small intestines refers to its width. The large intestine is actually shorter and much wider. If someone was to unfold the small intestine it would reach to around 20 feet.
