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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Women are 50% to 75% more likely than men to experience an adverse drug reaction.
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Green tea is able to stop the scent of garlic or onion from causing bad breath.
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Barbituric acid, the base material of barbiturates, was first synthesized in 1863 by Adolph von Bayer. His company later went on to synthesize aspirin for the first time, and Bayer aspirin is still a popular brand today.
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The familiar sounds of your heart are made by the heart's valves as they open and close.
Winter distribution of the American crow, Corvus brachyrynchos.
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An 1891 cartoon blames immigrants for the ills of American society: anarchy, socialism, mayhem, and
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