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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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste is made from recycled tin.
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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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