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The Romans did not use numerals to indicate fractions but instead used words to indicate parts of a whole.
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.
Critical care patients are twice as likely to receive the wrong medication. Of these errors, 20% are life-threatening, and 42% require additional life-sustaining treatments.
Excessive alcohol use costs the country approximately $235 billion every year.
On average, someone in the United States has a stroke about every 40 seconds. This is about 795,000 people per year.