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• Blood is red because of a protein called hemoglobin inside our red blood cells,
• Which contains iron that changes color when it binds to oxygen

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• Stellar parallax is the apparent shift in the position of a nearby star as Earth moves around the Sun.
• It occurs because the star is observed from different positions in Earth's orbit.
• Astronomers use parallax to measure distances to relatively nearby stars.
• The greater the parallax, the closer the star is to Earth.

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• Pressure cookers cook food faster due to Gay-Lussac’s Law.
• This law states that pressure increases when temperature increases in a closed container.
• In a pressure cooker, steam is trapped, increasing pressure.
• Higher pressure raises the boiling point of water above 100°C.
• Food cooks at a higher temperature, so it cooks faster.

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• The mitochondrion is the primary site of oxidative phosphorylation in eukaryotic cells.
• Oxidative phosphorylation occurs mainly across the inner mitochondrial membrane.
• It produces most of the cell’s ATP (energy) through the electron transport chain and ATP synthase.

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• The lungs exchange gases — they absorb oxygen (O₂) and release carbon dioxide (CO₂).
• This process is essential for respiration and energy production in the body.

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• Dalton’s Law of Partial Pressures was proposed by John Dalton.
• It states that the total pressure of a gas mixture equals the sum of the partial pressures of individual gases.
• Formula: Pₜ = P₁ + P₂ + P₃ + …
• It applies to non-reacting gases under suitable conditions.

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• Jabir ibn Hayyan, known as the "father of chemistry."
• He was an Arab Chemist.
• Composition of Alchemy was written by Jabir Bin Hayyan.

Notable ideas:

• Use of organic substances in chemistry
• Sulfur-mercury theory of metals
• Science of the balance
• Science of artificial generation

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• The pituitary gland is located at the base of the brain.
• It is below the hypothalamus.
• It sits in a hollowed-out area of the sphenoid bone called the sella turcica.

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• Sir Isaac Newton formulated the Three Laws of Motion.
• He presented them in 1687 in his famous work Principia Mathematica.

Three Laws of Motion:

1. First Law — Law of Inertia: An object remains at rest or in uniform motion unless acted upon by an external force.
2. Second Law — Law of Acceleration: The net force on an object is related to its mass and acceleration.
3. Third Law — Action and Reaction: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

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• Penicillin, the first true antibiotic, was discovered by Alexander Fleming.
• He made this discovery in 1928 at St. Mary’s Hospital, London.
• He found that a mould (Penicillium) killed bacteria in culture dishes.
• His findings were officially published in 1929.
• First patient treated: Albert Alexander (12 February 1941)

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