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If you could remove all of your skin, it would weigh up to 5 pounds.
In most cases, kidneys can recover from almost complete loss of function, such as in acute kidney (renal) failure.
Side effects from substance abuse include nausea, dehydration, reduced productivitiy, and dependence. Though these effects usually worsen over time, the constant need for the substance often overcomes rational thinking.
Asthma-like symptoms were first recorded about 3,500 years ago in Egypt. The first manuscript specifically written about asthma was in the year 1190, describing a condition characterized by sudden breathlessness. The treatments listed in this manuscript include chicken soup, herbs, and sexual abstinence.
The horizontal fraction bar was introduced by the Arabs.