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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When you fall in love, that 'high' feeling is caused by a flood of dopamine that is similar to that of cocaine.
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Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar made so much money, he spent over $2,500 every month just on rubber bands to bundle up his stacks of cash.
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McDonald's did away with its spoon-shaped coffee stirrers because people were using them as cocaine spoons.
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A bag of marijuana was the first thing ever bought and sold over the internet.
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Music is as addictive to the brain as sex and drugs.
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