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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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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