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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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter "J".
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The force of a suction cup is calculated using F=AP.
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It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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