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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Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
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Most dust particles in your house come from dead skin.
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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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The force of a suction cup is calculated using F=AP.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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Cold water weighs more than hot water.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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