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Although the Roman numeral for the number 4 has always been taught to have been "IV," according to historians, the ancient Romans probably used "IIII" most of the time. This is partially backed up by the fact that early grandfather clocks displayed IIII for the number 4 instead of IV. Early clockmakers apparently thought that the IIII balanced out the VIII (used for the number 8) on the clock face and that it just looked better.
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Tobacco depletes the body of vitamins A, C, and E, which can result in any of the following: dry hair, dry skin, dry eyes, poor growth, night blindness, abscesses, insomnia, fatigue, reproductive system problems, sinusitis, pneumonia, frequent respiratory problems, skin disorders, weight loss, rickets, osteomalacia, nervousness, muscle spasms, leg cramps, extremity numbness, bone malformations, decayed teeth, difficulty in walking, irritability, restlessness, profuse sweating, increased uric acid (gout), joint damage, damaged red blood cells, destruction of nerves, infertility, miscarriage, and many types of cancer.
Resource partitioning among five species of warblers feeding in North American spruce trees.
Soil profile exposed in a boreal forest site, showing LFH, A, B, and C horizons.
Well pads, roads, and seismic lines associated with oil and gas extraction in the boreal forest.
A passenger train crosses Stony Creek Bridge in the Rocky Mountains in 1878. Railroads were importan
Albert Bierstadt, Puget Sound on the Pacific Coast.
Maple syrup is produced by evaporating most of the water from sap collected from maple trees in