Oil refining what do we get from it

Oil refining what do we get from it: "A barrel of crude oil refining consists of 42 gallons of a complex mixture of hydrocarbons. They are different lengths and weights of hydrocarbons. During the refining process they break down the hydrocarbons in ways that allow them to get different products from the oil at different points in the oil refining process. So what do they get?"

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Mayan calendar and why the world didn't end

Mayan calendar and why the world didn't end: "Will Dec. 21 2012 be the end of the world? We have made it, the end of the world didn't come on that day. There have been a lot of discussion on this topic. There were a lot of end of the world predictions and arguments saying that the world was going to end on Dec 21. What is the basis for these predictions?"

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Enormous 5,000,000 Piece LEGO X-Wing Lands on Times Square | News & Opinion | PCMag.com

Enormous 5,000,000 Piece LEGO X-Wing Lands on Times Square | News & Opinion | PCMag.com: "Surrounded by a storm trooper security detail, LEGO unveiled their largest model to date: a 5,335,200 piece Star Wars X-Wing fighter."

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Inteliscope turns your iPhone into a tactical gun sight

Inteliscope turns your iPhone into a tactical gun sight: "You might think strapping your smartphone to a firearm is the last thing you'd want to do with it, but what if it could provide helpful information while hunting or during target practice? That's just what inventor Jason Giddings and his new company, Inteliscope, LLC, decided to do when they combined guns with smart devices to launch the Inteliscope Tactical Rifle Adapter."

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Together at last – an RC car and a quadcopter

Together at last – an RC car and a quadcopter: "Quadcopters are becoming more and more popular with radio-controlled model enthusiasts, but sometimes ... sometimes you still just want to remotely-control a car. If that’s the case with you, then UK-based product designer Witold Mielniczek has got you covered. His prototype vehicle, known simply as B, functions as both a quadcopter and an off-road racer."

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Top 10 greatest guitar players all time

Top 10 greatest guitar players all time: "My picks for the top 10 greatest guitar players of all time, may be a little different than yours, but you can't disagree that these guys are fantastic. This is not necessarily the order that I would put them in from best to 10th best,"

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Six Flags Over Texas Amusement Park: World's highest swing ride opens taking thrill-seekers 400 FEET in the air | Mail Online

Six Flags Over Texas Amusement Park: World's highest swing ride opens taking thrill-seekers 400 FEET in the air | Mail Online: "The world’s tallest tower swing ride, which sends those foolhardy enough to get on-board a whopping 400 feet up in the air, was officially opened on Saturday at the Six Flags Over Texas amusement park in Arlington.

The Texas SkyScreamer allows up to twenty-four riders to sit in open-air swings while spinning in a 124-foot circle at speeds up to 35mph. "

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Best HDTVs overall - CNET Reviews

Best HDTVs overall - CNET Reviews: "We review a lot of TVs here at CNET, but the list below represents only the best. It collects our most highly recommended models arranged in order of overall score, regardless of type, technology, brand, or size. These cumulative ratings indicate which TVs scored highest considering the major areas we rate: design, features, picture quality, and value. We don't expect this list to be enough for everyone, however, so we've also created supplemental lists broken down by technology type, screen size, and picture quality (Best 5). Choose from the lists to the left according to which criteria matter most to you."

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Duct Tape on Everything

Duct Tape on Everything: "Duct tape is great stuff. Got a blister emergency but no moleskin? Duct tape. Need to patch a pack, jacket, tent, boots, or just about anything else on your person? Duct tape."

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Full-scale X-Wing replica touches down as world's largest Lego model

Full-scale X-Wing replica touches down as world's largest Lego model: "A certain Jedi Master, species unknown, once said, “size matters not.” But he obviously wasn’t referring to the latest Lego creation from the Lego group. Taking the title of the world’s largest Lego model is a 1:1 scale replica of an X-Wing, complete with R2 unit, made up of 5,335,200 Lego bricks and taking 32 Lego master builders 17,336 hours (around four months) to complete."

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McLaren celebrates 50th anniversary with limited edition 12C

McLaren celebrates 50th anniversary with limited edition 12C: "McLaren is looking to make the wanting and the owning of a 12C even more enticing as part of its ongoing 50th Anniversary celebrations. Featuring a tidy list of anniversary upgrades, the McLaren 50 12C and 12C Spider are available as part of a special one hundred car run."

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Garage-built Bailey Blade XTR sports car coming to SEMA

Garage-built Bailey Blade XTR sports car coming to SEMA: "Developing a high-performance sports car is a project that takes many years inside a well-established auto company. It's exponentially more difficult when you're a small team pursuing one hot rod enthusiast's vision for the ultimate sports car. BXR Motors has been slowly but surely developing its Bailey Blade XTR sports car for the past half-decade, but things appear to be jumping into high gear now that the small start-up has secured the funding it needs to finish the 750-hp car."

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