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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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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Scientists are working on a portable spray-on-skin that can heal severe wounds in just a few minutes.The spray mainly contains important proteins that can reprogram the injured cells to become stem cells, and back to young uniformed skin cells. So far they were able to accelerate healing process from 12 weeks to 21 days with a similar approach.
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The force of a suction cup is calculated using F=AP.
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Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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In the 60s, a scientist gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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