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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was originally known as the Communicable Disease Center, which was formed to fight malaria. It was originally headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, since the Southern states faced the worst threat from malaria.
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Everyone has one nostril that is larger than the other.
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The heart is located in the center of the chest, with part of it tipped slightly so that it taps against the left side of the chest.
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Opium has influenced much of the world's most popular literature. The following authors were all opium users, of varying degrees: Lewis Carroll, Charles, Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Oscar Wilde.
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In 1864, the first barbiturate (barbituric acid) was synthesized.