Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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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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The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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