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There used to be a metric calendar, as well as metric clocks. The metric calendar, or "French Republican Calendar" divided the year into 12 months, but each month was divided into three 10-day weeks. Each day had 10 decimal hours. Each hour had 100 decimal minutes. Due to lack of popularity, the metric clocks and calendars were ended in 1795, three years after they had been first marketed.
In the United States, there is a birth every 8 seconds, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Population Clock.
After 5 years of being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, one every three patients will no longer be able to work.
The B-complex vitamins and vitamin C are not stored in the body and must be replaced each day.
About 60% of newborn infants in the United States are jaundiced; that is, they look yellow. Kernicterus is a form of brain damage caused by excessive jaundice. When babies begin to be affected by excessive jaundice and begin to have brain damage, they become excessively lethargic.