Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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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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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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