Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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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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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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When you walk down a steep hill, the pressure on your knees is equal to three times your body weight.
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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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German scientists claim to have evidence that suggests that our universe may exist inside of a computer simulated Matrix.
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