Your brain is 80% water.
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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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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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