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Pubic lice (crabs) are usually spread through sexual contact. You cannot catch them by using a public toilet.
In the United States, an estimated 50 million unnecessary antibiotics are prescribed for viral respiratory infections.
Your skin wrinkles if you stay in the bathtub a long time because the outermost layer of skin (which consists of dead keratin) swells when it absorbs water. It is tightly attached to the skin below it, so it compensates for the increased area by wrinkling. This happens to the hands and feet because they have the thickest layer of dead keratin cells.
Bacteria have flourished on the earth for over three billion years. They were the first life forms on the planet.
Giardia is one of the most common intestinal parasites worldwide, and infects up to 20% of the world population, mostly in poorer countries with inadequate sanitation. Infections are most common in children, though chronic Giardia is more common in adults.