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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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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).
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Most childhood vaccines are 90–99% effective in preventing disease. Side effects are rarely serious.
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Cytomegalovirus affects nearly the same amount of newborns every year as Down syndrome.
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Cyanide works by making the human body unable to use oxygen.