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The tallest man ever known was Robert Wadlow, an American, who reached the height of 8 feet 11 inches. He died at age 26 years from an infection caused by the immense weight of his body (491 pounds) and the stress on his leg bones and muscles.
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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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Approximately 500,000 babies are born each year in the United States to teenage mothers.
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The average human gut is home to perhaps 500 to 1,000 different species of bacteria.
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Cyanide works by making the human body unable to use oxygen.