Walter Payton, known as "Sweetness" for his smooth style, until 2002 was the leading National Football League (NFL) rusher of all time, with a career total of 16,726 yards.
Walter Payton played all 13 years of his professional career with the Chicago Bears winning a championship in 1985.
Payton died of a rare liver disease in 1999. He was remembered as both a great player and a great man.
German Shorthaired Pointers come in solid liver (a deep brown) or liver and white, often with ticking or roan patterns that look like tiny speckles.
The liver can regenerate. When part of it is donated, both the donor's liver and the transplanted portion can grow back to nearly full size.
The liver is the largest internal organ, weighing about three pounds.
The liver performs more than 500 functions.
The liver stores vitamins and glycogen.
In Greek mythology, Prometheus was punished by having an eagle eat his liver every day, only for it to grow back each night.
The liver makes bile, which helps digest fat.
The liver breaks down alcohol.
Polar bear liver contains so much vitamin A that eating it can poison humans.
The liver receives blood from two sources, the hepatic artery and the portal vein, and about a quarter of the blood the heart pumps passes through it every minute.
Jaundice turns skin yellow because of a buildup of bilirubin.
Thomas Starzl performed the first human liver transplant in 1963.