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Cytomegalovirus affects nearly the same amount of newborns every year as Down syndrome.
The average office desk has 400 times more bacteria on it than a toilet.
Blood is approximately twice as thick as water because of the cells and other components found in it.
As many as 20% of Americans have been infected by the fungus known as Histoplasmosis. While most people are asymptomatic or only have slight symptoms, infection can progress to a rapid and potentially fatal superinfection.
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.