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Throughout history, plants containing cardiac steroids have been used as heart drugs and as poisons (e.g., in arrows used in combat), emetics, and diuretics.
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Human kidneys will clean about 1 million gallons of blood in an average lifetime.
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Drying your hands with a paper towel will reduce the bacterial count on your hands by 45–60%.
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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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Asthma cases in Americans are about 75% higher today than they were in 1980.