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Though the United States has largely rejected the metric system, it is used for currency, as in 100 pennies = 1 dollar. Previously, the British currency system was used, with measurements such as 12 pence to the shilling, and 20 shillings to the pound.
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Green tea is able to stop the scent of garlic or onion from causing bad breath.
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Cyanide works by making the human body unable to use oxygen.
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Increased intake of vitamin D has been shown to reduce fractures up to 25% in older people.
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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).