One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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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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The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.
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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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When you walk down a steep hill, the pressure on your knees is equal to three times your body weight.
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