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Colchicine is a highly poisonous alkaloid originally extracted from a type of saffron plant that is used mainly to treat gout.
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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.
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On average, someone in the United States has a stroke about every 40 seconds. This is about 795,000 people per year.
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Vaccines prevent between 2.5 and 4 million deaths every year.
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The average human gut is home to perhaps 500 to 1,000 different species of bacteria.