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Fact: Lethal Dose of Vitamin C
The LD50 (the median lethal dosage amount that will kill 50% of the test subjects) for Vitamin C using rats as test subjects is 11.9 grams per kilogram of body weight. For a 150 pound human this would require consuming 1.785 pounds of pure Vitamin C in one sitting.
Contributed by Random Facts on 2007-10-24
Last Updated on 2007-12-03
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Fact: Pokemon Seizures
On Dec. 17, 1997, an episode of "Pokemon" was aired on Japanese television that induced seizures in hundreds of people throughout the country of Japan. The ages of those affected ranged from 3 to 58 years old. Ironically, the TV news reports played the perpetrating scene excerpt of flashing red lights, causing even more people to be afflicted with epileptic-type symptoms, in case they had missed the first one.
Contributed by Lexi A. on 2007-11-15
Last Updated on 2007-11-29
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Fact: Bacteria Cells in the Human Body
The human body contains 10 times more bacteria cells than it does human cells.
Contributed by Random Facts on 2008-06-11
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