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The use of salicylates dates back 2,500 years to Hippocrates’s recommendation of willow bark (from which a salicylate is derived) as an aid to the pains of childbirth. However, overdosage of salicylates can harm body fluids, electrolytes, the CNS, the GI tract, the ears, the lungs, the blood, the liver, and the kidneys and cause coma or death.
Bacteria have been found alive in a lake buried one half mile under ice in Antarctica.
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.
The word drug comes from the Dutch word droog (meaning "dry"). For centuries, most drugs came from dried plants, hence the name.
Pubic lice (crabs) are usually spread through sexual contact. You cannot catch them by using a public toilet.