Walt Disney helped combat malaria by making an animated film in 1943 called The Winged Scourge. This short film starred the seven dwarfs and taught children that mosquitos transmit malaria, which is a very bad disease. It advocated the killing of mosquitos to stop the disease.
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In 2012, nearly 24 milliion Americans, aged 12 and older, had abused an illicit drug, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).
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Excessive alcohol use costs the country approximately $235 billion every year.
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Human kidneys will clean about 1 million gallons of blood in an average lifetime.
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Illicit drug use costs the United States approximately $181 billion every year.
Sieve-tube elements and companion cells in phloem tissue
Cells involved in nonspecific immunity in vertebrates.