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 ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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