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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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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Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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