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The immune system needs 9.5 hours of sleep in total darkness to recharge completely.
Vaccines prevent between 2.5 and 4 million deaths every year.
Drying your hands with a paper towel will reduce the bacterial count on your hands by 45–60%.
It is believed that the Incas used anesthesia. Evidence supports the theory that shamans chewed cocoa leaves and drilled holes into the heads of patients (letting evil spirits escape), spitting into the wounds they made. The mixture of cocaine, saliva, and resin numbed the site enough to allow hours of drilling.
In 1885, the Lloyd Manufacturing Company of Albany, New York, promoted and sold "Cocaine Toothache Drops" at 15 cents per bottle! In 1914, the Harrison Narcotic Act brought the sale and distribution of this drug under federal control.