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In the 1800s, a physician concocted an oddball plan for a colossal mosquito net meant to protect the city of Washington, D.C. from malaria.

From the conjoined livers from a pair of Siamese twins to slides of Albert Einstein’s brain, Philadelphia's Mütter Museum houses dozens of strange artifacts from medical history.

Most people’s fundraising experience ends at running a race for charity or selling candy for a good cause—but if you really want to go big with your efforts, you need to think outside of the box. Here are a few of the weirdest charity stunts ever performe

We know you’re just itching to know all about some of history’s nastiest viruses and the horrifying diseases they cause in humans.

Large animals tend to live longer than smaller ones. But this isn't the case for most breeds of dog. What gives?

Humanity spent the last hundred years virtually eradicating some of the planet’s most unpleasant diseases. But some of them have started showing up again.

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The Giant Malaria Screen that Never Was

New York City Rats Are Hosts To Disease-Carrying Fleas

NYC's Subways Are Even Grosser Than You Thought

11 Weird (But Awesome) Things at the Mütter Museum

Happy Virus Appreciation Day!

9 Fundraising Lessons From the World’s Weirdest Charity Stunts

8 Historically Terrifying Viruses

Why Don’t Big Dogs Live as Long as Small Dogs?

8 Old-School Diseases Making a Comeback