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Human stomach acid is strong enough to dissolve small pieces of metal such as razor blades or staples.
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People often find it difficult to accept the idea that bacteria can be beneficial and improve health. Lactic acid bacteria are good, and when eaten, these bacteria improve health and increase longevity. These bacteria included in foods such as yogurt.
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The human body produces and destroys 15 million blood cells every second.
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The use of salicylates dates back 2,500 years to Hippocrates’s recommendation of willow bark (from which a salicylate is derived) as an aid to the pains of childbirth. However, overdosage of salicylates can harm body fluids, electrolytes, the CNS, the GI tract, the ears, the lungs, the blood, the liver, and the kidneys and cause coma or death.
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Of the estimated 2 million heroin users in the United States, 600,000–800,000 are considered hardcore addicts. Heroin addiction is considered to be one of the hardest addictions to recover from.
Diagram of a typical prokaryotic cell
Acromegaly. Photo of a woman illustrating the enlarged skull, jaw, and hands typical of acromegaly.
A typical joint.
A typical aboveground oil storage tank.
A typical TP sensor mounted on the throttle plate of this port-injected engine.
Typical Night’s Sleep for a Young Adult