Human stomach acid is strong enough to dissolve small pieces of metal such as razor blades or staples.
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In 1885, the Lloyd Manufacturing Company of Albany, New York, promoted and sold "Cocaine Toothache Drops" at 15 cents per bottle! In 1914, the Harrison Narcotic Act brought the sale and distribution of this drug under federal control.
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Excessive alcohol use costs the country approximately $235 billion every year.
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Elderly adults are living longer, and causes of death are shifting. At the same time, autopsy rates are at or near their lowest in history.
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Aspirin is the most widely used drug in the world. It has even been recognized as such by the Guinness Book of World Records.
Flipper tags have been extensively used in the study of penguin population dynamics.
The U.S. Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) network.