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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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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