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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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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Your brain is 80% water.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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