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When blood is deoxygenated and flowing back to the heart through the veins, it is dark reddish-blue in color. Blood in the arteries that is oxygenated and flowing out to the body is bright red. Whereas arterial blood comes out in spurts, venous blood flows.
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Excessive alcohol use costs the country approximately $235 billion every year.
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Approximately 500,000 babies are born each year in the United States to teenage mothers.
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On average, the stomach produces 2 L of hydrochloric acid per day.
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Malaria was not eliminated in the United States until 1951. The term eliminated means that no new cases arise in a country for 3 years.