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Opium has influenced much of the world's most popular literature. The following authors were all opium users, of varying degrees: Lewis Carroll, Charles, Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Oscar Wilde.
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Between 1999 and 2012, American adults with high total cholesterol decreased from 18.3% to 12.9%
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The average human gut is home to perhaps 500 to 1,000 different species of bacteria.
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Cytomegalovirus affects nearly the same amount of newborns every year as Down syndrome.
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The human body's pharmacokinetics are quite varied. Our hair holds onto drugs longer than our urine, blood, or saliva. For example, alcohol can be detected in the hair for up to 90 days after it was consumed. The same is true for marijuana, cocaine, ecstasy, heroin, methamphetamine, and nicotine.
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A rare albino American alligator
A hearing-impaired patient using an interpreter.
American Government: Roots and Reform, 2009 Edition
Receptive language usually develops before expressive language