One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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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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For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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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.
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