The Romans did not use numerals to indicate fractions but instead used words to indicate parts of a whole.
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Children of people with alcoholism are more inclined to drink alcohol or use hard drugs. In fact, they are 400 times more likely to use hard drugs than those who do not have a family history of alcohol addiction.
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Approximately one in three babies in the United States is now delivered by cesarean section. The number of cesarean sections in the United States has risen 46% since 1996.
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This year, an estimated 1.4 million Americans will have a new or recurrent heart attack.
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In 1864, the first barbiturate (barbituric acid) was synthesized.
Territorial reef fish compete intensely for space.