Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
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