Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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Rafflesia Arnoldii is the largest flower in the world and can grow as big as an umbrella.
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Cold water weighs more than hot water.
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Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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Scientists have developed a microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, enabling us to live without breathing.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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