The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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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 idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
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