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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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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Scientists in Germany have developed a candy that doesn't cause cavities.
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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 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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