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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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter "J".
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Scientists in Germany have developed a candy that doesn't cause cavities.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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