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In the ancient and medieval periods, dysentery killed about ? of all babies before they reach 12 months of age. The disease was transferred through contaminated drinking water, because there was no way to adequately dispose of sewage, which contaminated the water.
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Excessive alcohol use costs the country approximately $235 billion every year.
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Pubic lice (crabs) are usually spread through sexual contact. You cannot catch them by using a public toilet.
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Atropine, along with scopolamine and hyoscyamine, is found in the Datura stramonium plant, which gives hallucinogenic effects and is also known as locoweed.
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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.