One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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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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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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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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The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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