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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The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
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Scientists in Germany have developed a candy that doesn't cause cavities.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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