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 storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.
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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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There is a surgical implant being developed that will give you an orgasm at the touch of a button.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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Scientists are attempting to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. A cellular human brain is predicted possible by 2023. It hopes to shed light on consciousness.
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