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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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The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.
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The first oncogene was discovered in 1970 and was termed SRC (pronounced "SARK").
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Cancer has been around as long as humankind, but only in the second half of the twentieth century did the number of cancer cases explode.
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Many of the drugs used by neuroscientists are derived from toxic plants and venomous animals (such as snakes, spiders, snails, and puffer fish).