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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According to studies, men change their minds two to three times more often than women.
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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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Rafflesia Arnoldii is the largest flower in the world and can grow as big as an umbrella.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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