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“Every man has inside himself a parasitic being
who is acting not at all to his advantage.”
― WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS
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If your pillow is more than 2 years old,
10% of its weight is mite faeces and dead mites.
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Parasites can have their own parasites, and those parasites
can have parasites, too. Scientists call parasites of parasites
“hyperparasites”.
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Humans are hosts to over 300 species of parasitic worms
and over 70 species of protozoa.
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The mosquito is the deadliest creature on the planet.
Mosquitoes and the diseases they spread have killed
more people than all the wars in history combined.