Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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