Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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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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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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