Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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Scientists are working on a portable spray-on-skin that can heal severe wounds in just a few minutes.The spray mainly contains important proteins that can reprogram the injured cells to become stem cells, and back to young uniformed skin cells. So far they were able to accelerate healing process from 12 weeks to 21 days with a similar approach.
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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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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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