At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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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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The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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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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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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