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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The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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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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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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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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