European Diseases: The diseases brought to this continent by the Europeans included bubonic plague, chicken pox, pneumonic plague, cholera, diphtheria, influenza, measles, scarlet fever, smallpox, typhus, tuberculosis, and whooping cough.
Silverfish are sometimes mistaken for centipedes, which do inflict painful bites. One way to tell the difference is to note how many legs the bug has. Upon close inspection of a silverfish, youâll see that it only has six legs. o Silverfish are small insects (between 1/4 inch and 1/2 inch) and have shimmering, silver-colored scales.
Fun facts about silverfish. 1  Silverfish are one of the most ancient insects on the planet. They even predate the dinosaurs by 100 million years, meaning theyâve been crawling around for more than 400 million years. 2  Even though theyâve been around for all that time, silverfish never developed wings.