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The horizontal fraction bar was introduced by the Arabs.
Pubic lice (crabs) are usually spread through sexual contact. You cannot catch them by using a public toilet.
The human body's pharmacokinetics are quite varied. Our hair holds onto drugs longer than our urine, blood, or saliva. For example, alcohol can be detected in the hair for up to 90 days after it was consumed. The same is true for marijuana, cocaine, ecstasy, heroin, methamphetamine, and nicotine.
Nearly 31 million adults in America have a total cholesterol level that is more than 240 mg per dL.
People with alcoholism are at a much greater risk of malnutrition than are other people and usually exhibit low levels of most vitamins (especially folic acid). This is because alcohol often takes the place of 50% of their daily intake of calories, with little nutritional value contained in it.