The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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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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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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