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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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Aspirin is the most widely used drug in the world. It has even been recognized as such by the Guinness Book of World Records.
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As the western states of America were settled, pioneers often had to drink rancid water from ponds and other sources. This often resulted in chronic diarrhea, causing many cases of dehydration and death that could have been avoided if clean water had been available.
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The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.
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Approximately 500,000 babies are born each year in the United States to teenage mothers.