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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The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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According to studies, men change their minds two to three times more often than women.
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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Scientists are working on a portable spray-on-skin that can heal severe wounds in just a few minutes.The spray mainly contains important proteins that can reprogram the injured cells to become stem cells, and back to young uniformed skin cells. So far they were able to accelerate healing process from 12 weeks to 21 days with a similar approach.
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Indoor pollution is 10 times more toxic than outdoor pollution.
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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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