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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People about to have surgery must tell their health care providers about all supplements they take.
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The average office desk has 400 times more bacteria on it than a toilet.
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The term pharmacology is derived from the Greek words pharmakon("claim, medicine, poison, or remedy") and logos ("study").
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The first oncogene was discovered in 1970 and was termed SRC (pronounced "SARK").
True-color image of layers of haze in Titan's atmosphere.
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Which is TRUE about the alternation of generations cycle that is diagramed above?