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Adults are resistant to the bacterium that causes Botulism. These bacteria thrive in honey – therefore, honey should never be given to infants since their immune systems are not yet resistant.
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There used to be a metric calendar, as well as metric clocks. The metric calendar, or "French Republican Calendar" divided the year into 12 months, but each month was divided into three 10-day weeks. Each day had 10 decimal hours. Each hour had 100 decimal minutes. Due to lack of popularity, the metric clocks and calendars were ended in 1795, three years after they had been first marketed.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was originally known as the Communicable Disease Center, which was formed to fight malaria. It was originally headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, since the Southern states faced the worst threat from malaria.
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It is believed that humans initially contracted crabs from gorillas about 3 million years ago from either sleeping in gorilla nests or eating the apes.
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The average office desk has 400 times more bacteria on it than a toilet.
The inheritance of snail coiling direction as an example of a maternal effect gene.
Bururi long-fingered frog (Cardioglossa cyaneospila)
When young infants hold objects for a long period of time they eventually become habituated to them.
Medications That May Cause Myopathy as an Adverse Effect
Effect of Atmospheric Stability
A reciprocal translocation involving the long arms of chromosomes