Most dust particles in your house come from dead skin.
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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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One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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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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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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