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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Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter "J".
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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