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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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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