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The ratio of hydrogen atoms to oxygen in water (H2O) is 2:1.
In the United States, there is a birth every 8 seconds, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Population Clock.
The familiar sounds of your heart are made by the heart's valves as they open and close.
The average person is easily confused by the terms pharmaceutics and pharmacology, thinking they are one and the same. Whereas pharmaceutics is the science of preparing and dispensing drugs (otherwise known as the science of pharmacy), pharmacology is the study of medications.
As the western states of America were settled, pioneers often had to drink rancid water from ponds and other sources. This often resulted in chronic diarrhea, causing many cases of dehydration and death that could have been avoided if clean water had been available.