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During the twentieth century, a variant of the metric system was used in Russia and France in which the base unit of mass was the tonne. Instead of kilograms, this system used millitonnes (mt).
Hippocrates noted that blood separates into four differently colored liquids when removed from the body and examined: a pure red liquid mixed with white liquid material with a yellow-colored froth at the top and a black substance that settles underneath; he named these the four humors (for blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile).
There are approximately 3 million unintended pregnancies in the United States each year.
If all the neurons in the human body were lined up, they would stretch more than 600 miles.
There are 20 feet of blood vessels in each square inch of human skin.