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Because I Know You're Forever Talking About William Henry Harrison
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Talk about cold cases: They're investigating what really killed President William Henry Harrison, who died a month after taking office. Your history class taught you it was pneumonia, but his symptoms seemed more likely to involve sewage. No, really, they had no sewers in Washington at the time, he may have gotten infected by bacteria in the water supply, and he was likely taking medication for dyspepsia that would have neutralized the gastric acid that would have killed off the bacteria. THE MORE YOU KNOW. (New York Times)
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