To answer the previous question and get the game moving...
Dinosaurs, I think. Was there anything as memorable? I remember watching discovery channel (or was it something else) and their simulations, and it was really fascinating back then.
If you discovered a medicine capable of curing anything, would you try and monopolize its patent, or would you give it away for free / enough money to just guarantee a peaceful life? Think fast because I'm sure some pharmaceutics would be after your life at this point.