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Cocaine was isolated in 1860 and first used as a local anesthetic in 1884. Its first clinical use was by Sigmund Freud to wean a patient from morphine addiction. The fictional character Sherlock Holmes was supposed to be addicted to cocaine by injection.
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According to research, pregnant women tend to eat more if carrying a baby boy. Male fetuses may secrete a chemical that stimulates their mothers to step up her energy intake.
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Cyanide works by making the human body unable to use oxygen.
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Bacteria have been found alive in a lake buried one half mile under ice in Antarctica.
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More than nineteen million Americans carry the factor V gene that causes blood clots, pulmonary embolism, and heart disease.