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Approximately 500,000 babies are born each year in the United States to teenage mothers.
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In 1864, the first barbiturate (barbituric acid) was synthesized.
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Pope Sylvester II tried to introduce Arabic numbers into Europe between the years 999 and 1003, but their use did not catch on for a few more centuries, and Roman numerals continued to be the primary number system.
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Throughout history, plants containing cardiac steroids have been used as heart drugs and as poisons (e.g., in arrows used in combat), emetics, and diuretics.
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Most childhood vaccines are 90–99% effective in preventing disease. Side effects are rarely serious.