If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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Galalith is a type of plastic that can be made from milk. It is odourless, insoluble in water, biodegradable, anti-allergenic, antistatic, and virtually non-flammable.
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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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All Humans Are 99.9% Genetically Identical and 98.4% of human genes are the same as the genes of a chimpanzee.
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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.
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