The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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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.
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Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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