During the Islamic Golden Age, the medieval scholar Rhazes was tasked with choosing the location of a new hospital in Baghdad. He hung meat at points around the city and chose the location where it rotted the slowest. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Islamic Golden Age – Wikipedia
In 2013, a Brooklyn school was shut down due to a noxious odor that resulted in several students being transported to the hospital. The odor turned out to be from excessive Axe body spray from some 6th grade boys. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/axe-shuts-down-school-body-spray-hazardous-smell_n_4192462
A seven year old Indian boy complaining of jaw pain was treated in a local hospital and found to have 526 teeth inside his mouth. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/01/asia/india-boy-teeth-intl-hnk-scli/index.html
The US has roughly 100,000 patients waiting for a kidney transplant and yet over 2,000 kidneys are discarded each year, 1/5th of them because a recipient couldn’t be found. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/20/health/transplant-experts-blame-allocation-system-for-discarding-kidneys.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
IV cost about $1 to make and hospitals charge $800 – WTF fun facts
The man who pioneered the modern hospital bed – WTF fun facts
Two pairs of Identical twins separated at birth – WTF fun fact
Hospitals are charging $800 for a $1 bag of IV salt water – WTF fun fact
