The Babylonians wrote numbers in a system that used 60 as the base value rather than the number 10. They did not have a symbol for "zero."
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There are 60,000 miles of blood vessels in every adult human.
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The strongest synthetic topical retinoid drug available, tazarotene, is used to treat sun-damaged skin, acne, and psoriasis.
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Children of people with alcoholism are more inclined to drink alcohol or use hard drugs. In fact, they are 400 times more likely to use hard drugs than those who do not have a family history of alcohol addiction.
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Medication errors are three times higher among children and infants than with adults.
A very high-resolution texture of the Moon, including a normal map
Twinkie Candy
This painting depicts New Orleans in 1803, when the city was acquired—along with much of the modern
Mold is growing on red/green agar in a divided Petri dish.