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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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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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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Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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