Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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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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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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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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No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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