One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
20
The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
33
A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
7
At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
55
The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
61
Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
38
There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
13