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The Romans did not use numerals to indicate fractions but instead used words to indicate parts of a whole.
In 1864, the first barbiturate (barbituric acid) was synthesized.
Bacteria have been found alive in a lake buried one half mile under ice in Antarctica.
Fatal fungal infections may be able to resist newer antifungal drugs. Globally, fungal infections are often fatal due to the lack of access to multiple antifungals, which may be required to be utilized in combination. Single antifungals may not be enough to stop a fungal infection from causing the death of a patient.
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.