One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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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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German scientists claim to have evidence that suggests that our universe may exist inside of a computer simulated Matrix.
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Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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