One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
20
A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
7
The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
116
Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
-104
Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
96
The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
56
MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
20
In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
5