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If all insects disappeared, all life on earth would perish. If all humans disappeared, all life on earth would flourish.

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Jonas Salk
Age: 80 †
Born: 1914
Born: October 28
Died: 1995
Died: June 23
Biologist
Epidemiologist
Immunologist
Inventor
Medical Researcher
Physician
Virologist
New York City
New York
Jonas Edward Salk
Earth
Humans
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Life
Disappeared
Flourish
Perish
Insects

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