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 is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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Your brain is 80% water.
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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