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Cocaine was isolated in 1860 and first used as a local anesthetic in 1884. Its first clinical use was by Sigmund Freud to wean a patient from morphine addiction. The fictional character Sherlock Holmes was supposed to be addicted to cocaine by injection.
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Colchicine is a highly poisonous alkaloid originally extracted from a type of saffron plant that is used mainly to treat gout.
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There are 20 feet of blood vessels in each square inch of human skin.
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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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Drying your hands with a paper towel will reduce the bacterial count on your hands by 45–60%.