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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.
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People with high total cholesterol have about two times the risk for heart disease as people with ideal levels.
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Excessive alcohol use costs the country approximately $235 billion every year.
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When blood is deoxygenated and flowing back to the heart through the veins, it is dark reddish-blue in color. Blood in the arteries that is oxygenated and flowing out to the body is bright red. Whereas arterial blood comes out in spurts, venous blood flows.
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There used to be a metric calendar, as well as metric clocks. The metric calendar, or "French Republican Calendar" divided the year into 12 months, but each month was divided into three 10-day weeks. Each day had 10 decimal hours. Each hour had 100 decimal minutes. Due to lack of popularity, the metric clocks and calendars were ended in 1795, three years after they had been first marketed.