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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Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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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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All Humans Are 99.9% Genetically Identical and 98.4% of human genes are the same as the genes of a chimpanzee.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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