People with high total cholesterol have about two times the risk for heart disease as people with ideal levels.
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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.
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Between 1999 and 2012, American adults with high total cholesterol decreased from 18.3% to 12.9%
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It is believed that the Incas used anesthesia. Evidence supports the theory that shamans chewed cocoa leaves and drilled holes into the heads of patients (letting evil spirits escape), spitting into the wounds they made. The mixture of cocaine, saliva, and resin numbed the site enough to allow hours of drilling.
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Everyone has one nostril that is larger than the other.
Gangrene of the toes and foot as a result of an infection often means eventual amputation.
