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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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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Indoor pollution is 10 times more toxic than outdoor pollution.
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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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Scientists aren't sure what color dinosaurs were.
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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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Your brain is 80% water.
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The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.
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