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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Most liquid laundry detergents are alive with living organisms that help to break down stains!
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The force of a suction cup is calculated using F=AP.
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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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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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Most dust particles in your house come from dead skin.
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One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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