In 1835 it was discovered that a disease of silkworms known as muscardine could be transferred from one silkworm to another, and was caused by a fungus.
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The oldest recorded age was 122. Madame Jeanne Calment was born in France in 1875 and died in 1997. She was a vegetarian and loved olive oil, port wine, and chocolate.
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Drugs are in development that may cure asthma and hay fever once and for all. They target leukotrienes, which are known to cause tightening of the air passages in the lungs and increase mucus productions in nasal passages.
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Asthma is the most common chronic childhood disease in the world. Most children who develop asthma have symptoms before they are 5 years old.
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Human kidneys will clean about 1 million gallons of blood in an average lifetime.
Tri parti-colored (white, brown and black) guinea pig in its natural habitat.
White-tailed jackrabbit
White-winged Duck or White-winged Wood Duck (Asarcornis scutulata)
