The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter "J".
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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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One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
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The weight of a carat (200 milligrams), standard unit of measurement for gemstones, is based on the weight of the carob seed.
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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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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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