Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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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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Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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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 the 60s, a scientist gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.
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