A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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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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If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.
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