The first successful kidney transplant was performed in 1954 and occurred in Boston. A kidney from an identical twin was transplanted into his dying brother's body and was not rejected because it did not appear foreign to his body.
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More than 2,500 barbiturates have been synthesized. At the height of their popularity, about 50 were marketed for human use.
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The average adult has about 21 square feet of skin.
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Opium has influenced much of the world's most popular literature. The following authors were all opium users, of varying degrees: Lewis Carroll, Charles, Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Oscar Wilde.
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Eat fiber! A diet high in fiber can help lower cholesterol levels by as much as 10%.
Vacuoles in Plant Cells Are Usually Large
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Color mixtures of refracted light—additive process.
