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Famous people who died from poisoning or drug overdose include, Adolf Hitler, Socrates, Juan Ponce de Leon, Marilyn Monroe, Judy Garland, and John Belushi.
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Although the Roman numeral for the number 4 has always been taught to have been "IV," according to historians, the ancient Romans probably used "IIII" most of the time. This is partially backed up by the fact that early grandfather clocks displayed IIII for the number 4 instead of IV. Early clockmakers apparently thought that the IIII balanced out the VIII (used for the number 8) on the clock face and that it just looked better.
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Egg cells are about the size of a grain of sand. They are formed inside of a female's ovaries before she is even born.
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More than 30% of American adults, and about 12% of children utilize health care approaches that were developed outside of conventional medicine.
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More than 2,500 barbiturates have been synthesized. At the height of their popularity, about 50 were marketed for human use.
The Venus flytrap, a species of carnivorous plant.
A Crab-eating Macaque, an old world species of monkey native to Southeast Asia
The comparative brain sizes of different species
Human Genome Variation
Partial map of disease genes on human chromosome 21
All human organ systems and their functions (Part 1)