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    Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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    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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    The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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    4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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    At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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    Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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    Scientists Recreate Conversations Held Behind Soundproof Glass by Recording Vibrations on Chip Bag
    Scientists have been able to recreate conversations that were held behind a soundproof glass wall by recording the vibrations seen on a potato chip bag.
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    A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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