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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In the 60s, a scientist gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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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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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.
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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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