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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The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter "J".
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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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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Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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