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In the United States, there is a birth every 8 seconds, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Population Clock.
The Romans did not use numerals to indicate fractions but instead used words to indicate parts of a whole.
More than 30% of American adults, and about 12% of children utilize health care approaches that were developed outside of conventional medicine.
For about 100 years, scientists thought that peptic ulcers were caused by stress, spicy food, and alcohol. Later, researchers added stomach acid to the list of causes and began treating ulcers with antacids. Now it is known that peptic ulcers are predominantly caused by Helicobacter pylori, a spiral-shaped bacterium that normally exist in the stomach.
The horizontal fraction bar was introduced by the Arabs.