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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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People with alcoholism are at a much greater risk of malnutrition than are other people and usually exhibit low levels of most vitamins (especially folic acid). This is because alcohol often takes the place of 50% of their daily intake of calories, with little nutritional value contained in it.
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Nitroglycerin is used to alleviate various heart-related conditions, and it is also the chief component of dynamite (but mixed in a solid clay base to stabilize it).
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The ratio of hydrogen atoms to oxygen in water (H2O) is 2:1.
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If all the neurons in the human body were lined up, they would stretch more than 600 miles.