Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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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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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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Scientists have developed a microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, enabling us to live without breathing.
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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