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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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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