Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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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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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter "J".
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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