During your menstrual cycle, the lining of your uterus thickens to get ready for pregnancy. Then, during your period, your body sheds the uterus lining along with blood. The amount of blood and fluid lost is usually between 4 and 12 teaspoons each cycle.
8 famous Harvard dropouts not named Gates or Zuckerberg. Matt Damon is one of the more famous Harvard dropouts. (Mental Floss) -- Most people are familiar with the stories of Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg, who achieved great success as the founders of Microsoft and Facebook, respectively, after dropping out of Harvard. Here are eight other former Harvard students who made out just fine without earning their degrees.
Sept. 11, 2012: People jam the aisles to hear Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speak during a fireside chat at a conference organized by technology blog TechCrunch in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg) Sept. 11, 2012: Mark Zuckerberg speaks during a fireside chat in San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO â Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg hasn't enjoyed seeing his company's stock get pummeled on Wall Street this summer, but he is relishing the opportunity to prove his critics wrong.