4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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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 60s, a scientist gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.
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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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