One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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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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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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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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German scientists claim to have evidence that suggests that our universe may exist inside of a computer simulated Matrix.
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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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