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In 1864, the first barbiturate (barbituric acid) was synthesized.
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Though the United States has largely rejected the metric system, it is used for currency, as in 100 pennies = 1 dollar. Previously, the British currency system was used, with measurements such as 12 pence to the shilling, and 20 shillings to the pound.
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Opium has influenced much of the world's most popular literature. The following authors were all opium users, of varying degrees: Lewis Carroll, Charles, Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Oscar Wilde.
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The calories found in one piece of cherry cheesecake could light a 60-watt light bulb for 1.5 hours.
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Human kidneys will clean about 1 million gallons of blood in an average lifetime.