Certain chemicals, after ingestion, can be converted by the body into cyanide. Most of these chemicals have been removed from the market, but some old nail polish remover, solvents, and plastics manufacturing solutions can contain these substances.
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The average human gut is home to perhaps 500 to 1,000 different species of bacteria.
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In the United States, there is a birth every 8 seconds, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Population Clock.
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In 2012, nearly 24 milliion Americans, aged 12 and older, had abused an illicit drug, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).
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The Babylonians wrote numbers in a system that used 60 as the base value rather than the number 10. They did not have a symbol for "zero."
A portion of the periodic table of elements
A group of capped langurs.
The periodic table of the elements
Sites of referred pain
Group Performance
A group of children were asked how many hours a day they spend watching television.