The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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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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Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste is made from recycled tin.
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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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