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The Babylonians wrote numbers in a system that used 60 as the base value rather than the number 10. They did not have a symbol for "zero."
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The calories found in one piece of cherry cheesecake could light a 60-watt light bulb for 1.5 hours.
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Excessive alcohol use costs the country approximately $235 billion every year.
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Medication errors are three times higher among children and infants than with adults.
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It is believed that the Incas used anesthesia. Evidence supports the theory that shamans chewed cocoa leaves and drilled holes into the heads of patients (letting evil spirits escape), spitting into the wounds they made. The mixture of cocaine, saliva, and resin numbed the site enough to allow hours of drilling.