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When blood is exposed to air, it clots. Heparin allows the blood to come in direct contact with air without clotting.
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The modern decimal position system was the invention of the Hindus (around 800 AD), involving the placing of numerals to indicate their value (units, tens, hundreds, and so on).
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In 1885, the Lloyd Manufacturing Company of Albany, New York, promoted and sold "Cocaine Toothache Drops" at 15 cents per bottle! In 1914, the Harrison Narcotic Act brought the sale and distribution of this drug under federal control.
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The first oncogene was discovered in 1970 and was termed SRC (pronounced "SARK").
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People with high total cholesterol have about two times the risk for heart disease as people with ideal levels.