One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste is made from recycled tin.
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Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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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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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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