One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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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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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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