In ancient Rome, many of the richer people in the population had lead-induced gout. The reason for this is unclear. Lead poisoning has also been linked to madness.
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The Romans did not use numerals to indicate fractions but instead used words to indicate parts of a whole.
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There are more nerve cells in one human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
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There are over 65,000 known species of protozoa. About 10,000 species are parasitic.
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Women are 50% to 75% more likely than men to experience an adverse drug reaction.
A pteridophyte stem with tracheophyte adaptations for transporting and conserving water.
Turn on water
The leaky-barrel model: a settling-point model of eating and body weight homeostasis.
The Importance of Water
A solution of CsF in water has XCsF = 0.0700. What is the molality?
Elephant (Loxodonta africana) herd drinking at water hole. Etosha National Park, Namibia.