Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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Scientists have developed a microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, enabling us to live without breathing.
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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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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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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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In the 60s, a scientist gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.
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