Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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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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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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Your brain is 80% water.
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In the 60s, a scientist gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.
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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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