The Romans did not use numerals to indicate fractions but instead used words to indicate parts of a whole.
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Sperm cells are so tiny that 400 to 500 million (400,000,000–500,000,000) of them fit onto 1 tsp.
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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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Human kidneys will clean about 1 million gallons of blood in an average lifetime.
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When blood is exposed to air, it clots. Heparin allows the blood to come in direct contact with air without clotting.
Anfinsen's experiments with ribonuclease demonstrating that the primary structure of a polypept