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Approximately 500,000 babies are born each year in the United States to teenage mothers.
About 60% of newborn infants in the United States are jaundiced; that is, they look yellow. Kernicterus is a form of brain damage caused by excessive jaundice. When babies begin to be affected by excessive jaundice and begin to have brain damage, they become excessively lethargic.
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.
The first oncogene was discovered in 1970 and was termed SRC (pronounced "SARK").
The average office desk has 400 times more bacteria on it than a toilet.