Nitroglycerin is used to alleviate various heart-related conditions, and it is also the chief component of dynamite (but mixed in a solid clay base to stabilize it).
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Only 12 hours after an egg cell is fertilized by a sperm cell, the egg cell starts to divide. As it continues to divide, it moves along the fallopian tube toward the uterus at about 1 inch per day.
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Asthma cases in Americans are about 75% higher today than they were in 1980.
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The ratio of hydrogen atoms to oxygen in water (H2O) is 2:1.
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The calories found in one piece of cherry cheesecake could light a 60-watt light bulb for 1.5 hours.
Bone Fracture Types
Types of headaches
Types of muscle tissue.
Properties of some naturally occurring RNA molecules
The CAMEO entry for chlorine. Useful information includes chemical and physical properties, personal ...