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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Scientists in Germany have developed a candy that doesn't cause cavities.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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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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If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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