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The horizontal fraction bar was introduced by the Arabs.
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Historic treatments for rheumatoid arthritis have included gold salts, acupuncture, a diet consisting of apples or rhubarb, nutmeg, nettles, bee venom, bracelets made of copper, prayer, rest, tooth extractions, fasting, honey, vitamins, insulin, snow collected on Christmas, magnets, and electric convulsion therapy.
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GI conditions that will keep you out of the U.S. armed services include ulcers, varices, fistulas, esophagitis, gastritis, congenital abnormalities, inflammatory bowel disease, enteritis, colitis, proctitis, duodenal diverticula, malabsorption syndromes, hepatitis, cirrhosis, cysts, abscesses, pancreatitis, polyps, certain hemorrhoids, splenomegaly, hernias, recent abdominal surgery, GI bypass or stomach stapling, and artificial GI openings.
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The first oncogene was discovered in 1970 and was termed SRC (pronounced "SARK").
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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.
Rafflesia arnoldii, the world's biggest flower, lives as a parasite in Indonesian rain forests.
Parabola Real World Example
Monstrous people from distant lands depicted in a fifteenth-century European woodcut.
Nonverbal communications convey strong, powerful messages that may be negative or positive.
Language is the basis of human culture around the world. The past decade has seen major developments ...