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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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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