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The use of salicylates dates back 2,500 years to Hippocrates's recommendation of willow bark (from which a salicylate is derived) as an aid to the pains of childbirth. However, overdosage of salicylates can harm body fluids, electrolytes, the CNS, the GI tract, the ears, the lungs, the blood, the liver, and the kidneys and cause coma or death.
More than 4.4billion prescriptions were dispensed within the United States in 2016.
The Romans did not use numerals to indicate fractions but instead used words to indicate parts of a whole.
Pregnant women usually experience a heightened sense of smell beginning late in the first trimester. Some experts call this the body's way of protecting a pregnant woman from foods that are unsafe for the fetus.
Pubic lice (crabs) are usually spread through sexual contact. You cannot catch them by using a public toilet.