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Featured Article: Duodenum

Duodenum is number 6

The duodenum is the first section of the small intestine in vertebrates. In humans, it is shortest part of the small intestine, connecting the stomach to the jejunum, and it is where most chemical digestion takes place. In order to gain the most nutrients from plant and animal matter, the duodenum utilizes digestive enzymes from the pancreas, bile from the gall bladder, and enzymes from duodenal cells, while hormones help to coordinate those actions as well as the emptying of the stomach's contents into the duodenum.

Popular Article: Hausa people

Hausa men from Nigeria

The Hausa are a Sahelian people chiefly located in the West African regions of northern Nigeria and southeastern Niger. There are also significant numbers found in northern regions of Benin, Ghana, Niger, Cameroon, and in smaller communities scattered throughout West Africa and on the traditional Hajj route from West Africa, moving through Chad, and Sudan. The Hausa people are heirs of a civilization that has flourished for over a thousand years in West Africa.

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The Picts - "painted people" - were ancient inhabitants of Scotland who lived north of Hadrian's Wall (source: Picts)

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