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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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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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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The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter "J".
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