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Many people have small pouches in their colons that bulge outward through weak spots. Each pouch is called a diverticulum. About 10% of Americans older than age 40 years have diverticulosis, which, when the pouches become infected or inflamed, is called diverticulitis. The main cause of diverticular disease is a low-fiber diet.
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During the twentieth century, a variant of the metric system was used in Russia and France in which the base unit of mass was the tonne. Instead of kilograms, this system used millitonnes (mt).
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The ratio of hydrogen atoms to oxygen in water (H2O) is 2:1.
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Approximately 25% of all reported medication errors result from some kind of name confusion.
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There are 60,000 miles of blood vessels in every adult human.