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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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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Scientists in Germany have developed a candy that doesn't cause cavities.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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