Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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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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Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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