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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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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Cold water weighs more than hot water.
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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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Scientists aren't sure what color dinosaurs were.
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Indoor pollution is 10 times more toxic than outdoor pollution.
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