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Alcohol acts as a diuretic. Eight ounces of water is needed to metabolize just 1 ounce of alcohol.
The people with the highest levels of LDL are Mexican American males and non-Hispanic black females.
Human stomach acid is strong enough to dissolve small pieces of metal such as razor blades or staples.
In the United States, an estimated 50 million unnecessary antibiotics are prescribed for viral respiratory infections.
There used to be a metric calendar, as well as metric clocks. The metric calendar, or "French Republican Calendar" divided the year into 12 months, but each month was divided into three 10-day weeks. Each day had 10 decimal hours. Each hour had 100 decimal minutes. Due to lack of popularity, the metric clocks and calendars were ended in 1795, three years after they had been first marketed.