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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When you walk down a steep hill, the pressure on your knees is equal to three times your body weight.
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Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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Most liquid laundry detergents are alive with living organisms that help to break down stains!
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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Scientists have developed a microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, enabling us to live without breathing.
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