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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.
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When intravenous medications are involved in adverse drug events, their harmful effects may occur more rapidly, and be more severe than errors with oral medications. This is due to the direct administration into the bloodstream.
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Pope Sylvester II tried to introduce Arabic numbers into Europe between the years 999 and 1003, but their use did not catch on for a few more centuries, and Roman numerals continued to be the primary number system.
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Human kidneys will clean about 1 million gallons of blood in an average lifetime.
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Earwax has antimicrobial properties that reduce the viability of bacteria and fungus in the human ear.