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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A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste is made from recycled tin.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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