In 1885, the Lloyd Manufacturing Company of Albany, New York, promoted and sold "Cocaine Toothache Drops" at 15 cents per bottle! In 1914, the Harrison Narcotic Act brought the sale and distribution of this drug under federal control.
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Human kidneys will clean about 1 million gallons of blood in an average lifetime.
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The calories found in one piece of cherry cheesecake could light a 60-watt light bulb for 1.5 hours.
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People with high total cholesterol have about two times the risk for heart disease as people with ideal levels.
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Cancer has been around as long as humankind, but only in the second half of the twentieth century did the number of cancer cases explode.
