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A good example of polar molecules can be understood when trying to make a cake. If water and oil are required, they will not mix together. If you put them into a measuring cup, the oil will rise to the top while the water remains on the bottom.
Between 1999 and 2012, American adults with high total cholesterol decreased from 18.3% to 12.9%
The horizontal fraction bar was introduced by the Arabs.
About 100 new prescription or over-the-counter drugs come into the U.S. market every year.
When Gabriel Fahrenheit invented the first mercury thermometer, he called "zero degrees" the lowest temperature he was able to attain with a mixture of ice and salt. For the upper point of his scale, he used 96°, which he measured as normal human body temperature (we know it to be 98.6° today because of more accurate thermometers).