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The B-complex vitamins and vitamin C are not stored in the body and must be replaced each day.
Vampire bats have a natural anticoagulant in their saliva that permits continuous bleeding after they painlessly open a wound with their incisors. This capillary blood does not cause any significant blood loss to their victims.
Most childhood vaccines are 90–99% effective in preventing disease. Side effects are rarely serious.
There can actually be a 25-hour time difference between certain locations in the world. The International Date Line passes between the islands of Samoa and American Samoa. It is not a straight line, but "zig-zags" around various island chains. Therefore, Samoa and nearby islands have one date, while American Samoa and nearby islands are one day behind. Daylight saving time is used in some islands, but not in others—further shifting the hours out of sync with natural time.
More than 150,000 Americans killed by cardiovascular disease are younger than the age of 65 years.
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