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One TikTok user revealed how keeping a basil plant near your doors and windows can prevent flies from entering your home.

Now, researchers have found that felines rub against the plant to apply a mosquito-repelling compound onto their fur. The finding, by a team of researchers at Iwate University, Kyoto University ...

Mosquitoes can transmit human diseases, and preventing bites is the best way to reduce the spread of conditions including Ross River virus, dengue fever and more. A plant-derived alternative ...

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