Opium has influenced much of the world's most popular literature. The following authors were all opium users, of varying degrees: Lewis Carroll, Charles, Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Oscar Wilde.
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In 1864, the first barbiturate (barbituric acid) was synthesized.
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There are more nerve cells in one human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
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Warfarin was developed as a consequence of the study of a strange bleeding disorder that suddenly occurred in cattle on the northern prairies of the United States in the early 1900s.
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The first oral chemotherapy drug for colon cancer was approved by FDA in 2001.
Coral reefs, such as this one in the Red Sea, support some of the most diverse assemblages of organi
The elephant raises its trunk as a sign of warning or to smell enemies or friends
A poster encourages women to work in munitions to support the war effort.
Deviancy training is a process by which antisocial peers encourage antisocial talk among friends, ...
A CNG storage tank from a Honda Civic GX shown with the fixture used to support it while it is being ...