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 sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!
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A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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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 in Germany have developed a candy that doesn't cause cavities.
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