One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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Scientists are attempting to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. A cellular human brain is predicted possible by 2023. It hopes to shed light on consciousness.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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