One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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Most dust particles in your house come from dead skin.
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Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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German scientists claim to have evidence that suggests that our universe may exist inside of a computer simulated Matrix.
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It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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