One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
20
Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
155
If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
67
There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
13
The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
31
Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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