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 concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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Cold water weighs more than hot water.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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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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