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 aren't sure what color dinosaurs were.
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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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According to scientists, the color of the cup that we're drinking from can alter our perception of the actual taste of the drink.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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