The Romans did not use numerals to indicate fractions but instead used words to indicate parts of a whole.
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According to the CDC, approximately 31.7% of the U.S. population has high low-density lipoprotein (LDL) or "bad cholesterol" levels.
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A strange skin disease referred to as Morgellons has occurred in the southern United States and in California. Symptoms include slowly healing sores, joint pain, persistent fatigue, and a sensation of things crawling through the skin. Another symptom is strange-looking, threadlike extrusions coming out of the skin.
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Human kidneys will clean about 1 million gallons of blood in an average lifetime.
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Green tea is able to stop the scent of garlic or onion from causing bad breath.
Writing and the Ventral Premotor Cortex
Apothecary measures of weights were often used for prescription writing, especially for compounding. ...