One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste is made from recycled tin.
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Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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Scientists aren't sure what color dinosaurs were.
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Scientists are working on a portable spray-on-skin that can heal severe wounds in just a few minutes.The spray mainly contains important proteins that can reprogram the injured cells to become stem cells, and back to young uniformed skin cells. So far they were able to accelerate healing process from 12 weeks to 21 days with a similar approach.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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