Many of the drugs used by neuroscientists are derived from toxic plants and venomous animals (such as snakes, spiders, snails, and puffer fish).
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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.
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If all the neurons in the human body were lined up, they would stretch more than 600 miles.
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Cancer has been around as long as humankind, but only in the second half of the twentieth century did the number of cancer cases explode.
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During the twentieth century, a variant of the metric system was used in Russia and France in which the base unit of mass was the tonne. Instead of kilograms, this system used millitonnes (mt).
Decimal Point Place Values
Decimal Values as They Relate to the Location of the Decimal Point