For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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The weight of a carat (200 milligrams), standard unit of measurement for gemstones, is based on the weight of the carob seed.
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All Humans Are 99.9% Genetically Identical and 98.4% of human genes are the same as the genes of a chimpanzee.
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One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 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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Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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