One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
20
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.
41
Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
-104
Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
50
Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
96
Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
17
The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
7
The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
17