One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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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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For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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For a high school science fair project, 17-year-old Michio Kaku built a particle accelerator in his parent's garage that was able to generate a magnetic field 20,000 times greater than the Earth's and produce collisions powerful enough to create antimatter.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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