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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Since 1988, the CDC has reported a 99% reduction in bacterial meningitis caused by Haemophilus influenzae, due to the introduction of the vaccine against it.
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The Romans did not use numerals to indicate fractions but instead used words to indicate parts of a whole.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes is credited with introducing the words "anesthesia" and "anesthetic" into the English language in 1846.
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The average adult has about 21 square feet of skin.
The skeletal system.
The cardiovascular system.
The gastrointestinal system.
How to solve a linear system with three unknowns using substitution (Question 2 of 2)