Cyanide works by making the human body unable to use oxygen.
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Only one in 10 cancer deaths is caused by the primary tumor. The vast majority of cancer mortality is caused by cells breaking away from the main tumor and metastasizing to other parts of the body, such as the brain, bones, or liver.
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Throughout history, plants containing cardiac steroids have been used as heart drugs and as poisons (e.g., in arrows used in combat), emetics, and diuretics.
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The ratio of hydrogen atoms to oxygen in water (H2O) is 2:1.
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The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.
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