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The Romans did not use numerals to indicate fractions but instead used words to indicate parts of a whole.
Nearly 31 million adults in America have a total cholesterol level that is more than 240 mg per dL.
Once thought to have neurofibromatosis, Joseph Merrick (also known as "the elephant man") is now, in retrospect, thought by clinical experts to have had Proteus syndrome. This endocrine disease causes continued and abnormal growth of the bones, muscles, skin, and so on and can become completely debilitating with severe deformities occurring anywhere on the body.
Of the estimated 2 million heroin users in the United States, 600,000–800,000 are considered hardcore addicts. Heroin addiction is considered to be one of the hardest addictions to recover from.
According to the FDA, adverse drug events harmed or killed approximately 1,200,000 people in the United States in the year 2015.