Pope Sylvester II tried to introduce Arabic numbers into Europe between the years 999 and 1003, but their use did not catch on for a few more centuries, and Roman numerals continued to be the primary number system.
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In 1844, Charles Goodyear obtained the first patent for a rubber condom.
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If all the neurons in the human body were lined up, they would stretch more than 600 miles.
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More than 4.4billion prescriptions were dispensed within the United States in 2016.
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On average, someone in the United States has a stroke about every 40 seconds. This is about 795,000 people per year.
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