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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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste is made from recycled tin.
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Scientists are working on a portable spray-on-skin that can heal severe wounds in just a few minutes.The spray mainly contains important proteins that can reprogram the injured cells to become stem cells, and back to young uniformed skin cells. So far they were able to accelerate healing process from 12 weeks to 21 days with a similar approach.
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There is a surgical implant being developed that will give you an orgasm at the touch of a button.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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