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* You may know Louisa May Alcott as the author of Little Women, but Union soldiers recuperating in Washington, D.C., during the Civil War knew her as "nurse."

* The water hemlock is in the parsley family and closely resembles wild carrots or parsnips. Don't be fooled, however, because the water hemlock contains a highly poisonous oil called cicutoxin that will kill.

* The baboon is one monkey that doesn't live in forests or trees, but has adapted over time to living in herds and traveling the open lands.

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