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The basics

What number does the Roman numeral D represent?

Answer500

In Roman numerals, D stands for 500, sitting between C (100) and M (1,000) in the numbering system.

Source: Wikipedia (Roman numerals) (2022) en.wikipedia.org

Expert level

About how many people worldwide can be considered vitamin D deficient?

Answerover 1 billion

More than one billion people worldwide — across all ages — can be considered vitamin D deficient, according to health researchers.

Source: Wikipedia (Vitamin D) (2023) en.wikipedia.org

In what year was vitamin D discovered and named?

Answer1922

Vitamin D was discovered and named in 1922 during research into rickets, becoming the fourth vitamin to be identified.

Source: Wikipedia (Vitamin D) (2023) en.wikipedia.org

What share of the U.S. population is Rh D-negative (the '-' in a blood type like O-negative)?

Answerabout 15%

About 15% of the U.S. population is Rh D-negative, compared to roughly 6% of the global population — a gap that varies a lot by ancestry.

Source: Wikipedia (Rh blood group system) (2022) en.wikipedia.org

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