The familiar sounds of your heart are made by the heart's valves as they open and close.
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The horizontal fraction bar was introduced by the Arabs.
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Vampire bats have a natural anticoagulant in their saliva that permits continuous bleeding after they painlessly open a wound with their incisors. This capillary blood does not cause any significant blood loss to their victims.
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Your heart beats over 36 million times a year.
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In ancient Rome, many of the richer people in the population had lead-induced gout. The reason for this is unclear. Lead poisoning has also been linked to madness.
Cheetah at the Werribee Open Range Zoo
(A) Closed (or simple) fracture and (B) open (or compound) fracture.
This young child is pulling at the ear and acting fussy, two important signs of otitis media.