Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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In the 60s, a scientist gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.
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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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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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