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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Everyone has one nostril that is larger than the other.
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Approximately 500,000 babies are born each year in the United States to teenage mothers.
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The most common childhood diseases include croup, chickenpox, ear infections, flu, pneumonia, ringworm, respiratory syncytial virus, scabies, head lice, and asthma.
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Lower drug doses for elderly patients should be used first, with titrations of the dose as tolerated to prevent unwanted drug-related pharmacodynamic effects.
Health Risks Associated with Levels of Body Fat
Levels of hepatitis A antigens and antibody after infection.