One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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Most liquid laundry detergents are alive with living organisms that help to break down stains!
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Scientists are working on a portable spray-on-skin that can heal severe wounds in just a few minutes.The spray mainly contains important proteins that can reprogram the injured cells to become stem cells, and back to young uniformed skin cells. So far they were able to accelerate healing process from 12 weeks to 21 days with a similar approach.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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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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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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