Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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At 15 years old, Jack Andraka invented a method of diagnosing pancreatic cancer, thus helping to save the lives of millions of people around the world. It is 168 times faster, 26,000 times cheaper, 400 times more sensitive, and has a 99% success rate.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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During photosynthesis, plants emit light humans can’t see, but NASA can see that light from space - and they've even made maps of it!
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