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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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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According to scientists, the color of the cup that we're drinking from can alter our perception of the actual taste of the drink.
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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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All Humans Are 99.9% Genetically Identical and 98.4% of human genes are the same as the genes of a chimpanzee.
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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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