Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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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 brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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