Nitroglycerin is used to alleviate various heart-related conditions, and it is also the chief component of dynamite (but mixed in a solid clay base to stabilize it).
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In 1864, the first barbiturate (barbituric acid) was synthesized.
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The average human gut is home to perhaps 500 to 1,000 different species of bacteria.
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If all the neurons in the human body were lined up, they would stretch more than 600 miles.
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Cyanide works by making the human body unable to use oxygen.
