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Blood is approximately twice as thick as water because of the cells and other components found in it.
There used to be a metric calendar, as well as metric clocks. The metric calendar, or "French Republican Calendar" divided the year into 12 months, but each month was divided into three 10-day weeks. Each day had 10 decimal hours. Each hour had 100 decimal minutes. Due to lack of popularity, the metric clocks and calendars were ended in 1795, three years after they had been first marketed.
A seasonal flu vaccine is the best way to reduce the chances you will get seasonal influenza and spread it to others.
The newest statin drug, rosuvastatin, has been called a superstatin because it appears to reduce LDL cholesterol to a greater degree than the other approved statin drugs.
On average, someone in the United States has a stroke about every 40 seconds. This is about 795,000 people per year.