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Between 1999 and 2012, American adults with high total cholesterol decreased from 18.3% to 12.9%
Your heart beats over 36 million times a year.
More than 150,000 Americans killed by cardiovascular disease are younger than the age of 65 years.
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.