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The modern decimal position system was the invention of the Hindus (around 800 AD), involving the placing of numerals to indicate their value (units, tens, hundreds, and so on).
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Drying your hands with a paper towel will reduce the bacterial count on your hands by 45–60%.
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Throughout history, plants containing cardiac steroids have been used as heart drugs and as poisons (e.g., in arrows used in combat), emetics, and diuretics.
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In 1864, the first barbiturate (barbituric acid) was synthesized.
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There are more nerve cells in one human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.