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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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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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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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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