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 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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According to studies, men change their minds two to three times more often than women.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!
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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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