The modern decimal position system was the invention of the Hindus (around 800 AD), involving the placing of numerals to indicate their value (units, tens, hundreds, and so on).
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The human body produces and destroys 15 million blood cells every second.
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Nitroglycerin is used to alleviate various heart-related conditions, and it is also the chief component of dynamite (but mixed in a solid clay base to stabilize it).
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Approximately 500,000 babies are born each year in the United States to teenage mothers.
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The people with the highest levels of LDL are Mexican American males and non-Hispanic black females.
Animal extinctions and human population growth.
Human Memorabilia in Space
Human Emotions and Dogs
Ernesto Neto, TorusMacroCopula, one of four sculptures in Madness is Part of Life.