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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Rafflesia Arnoldii is the largest flower in the world and can grow as big as an umbrella.
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At 15 years old, Jack Andraka invented a method of diagnosing pancreatic cancer, thus helping to save the lives of millions of people around the world. It is 168 times faster, 26,000 times cheaper, 400 times more sensitive, and has a 99% success rate.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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Scientists are working on a portable spray-on-skin that can heal severe wounds in just a few minutes.The spray mainly contains important proteins that can reprogram the injured cells to become stem cells, and back to young uniformed skin cells. So far they were able to accelerate healing process from 12 weeks to 21 days with a similar approach.
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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