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 are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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