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 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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