The primary function of the thyroid is the production of the iodine-containing thyroid hormones, triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4) and the peptide hormone calcitonin. 1  T3 is so named because it contains three atoms of iodine per molecule and T4 contains four atoms of iodine per molecule.
David Livingstone was born on March 19, 1813, in Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, and grew up with several siblings in a single tenement room.
Dirk Hartog. In 1611, a new sailing route that stretched across the Indian Ocean from Cape of Good Hope, in South Africa to the west coast of Australia was pioneered by Dutch explorer Hendrik Brouwer (1581-1643).