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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The force of a suction cup is calculated using F=AP.
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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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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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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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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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Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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