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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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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