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1. China has increase the amount of land planted with insect resistant cotton to 3 million hectares, according to the International Service for the Acquisition of Agribiotech Applications(ISAAA). This doubles the planting of genetically modified(GM) cotton compared to the previous year. The GM cotton cultivated by the Chinese is resistant to bollworms and other cotton pests. Its use has led to a large reduction in pesticide applications and also to a reduction in pesticide poisonings. It is estimated that farmers have lowered their costs from $185 to $400 or more, and studies show small-scale farmers are the ones who benefited the most.

2. The Great Plague was an epidemic that devastated London and the south east of England between 1664 and 1666. The bubonic plague was particularly violent during the hot months of August and September of 1665. In one week, 7, 165 people died of the plague. The total number of deaths was about 70,000. The disease was carried by fleas that lived on black rats. The poor conditions in towns and cities were a major cause of the disease spreading quickly. It was generally incurable, and its effects were terrible - fever and chills, swelling of the lymph glands, eventual madness and death. Victims of the plague were buried in large pits. Many people fled from London.

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