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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Scientists are attempting to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. A cellular human brain is predicted possible by 2023. It hopes to shed light on consciousness.
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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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Your brain is 80% water.
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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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Scientists aren't sure what color dinosaurs were.
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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According to studies, men change their minds two to three times more often than women.
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