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 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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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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For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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Rafflesia Arnoldii is the largest flower in the world and can grow as big as an umbrella.
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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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For a high school science fair project, 17-year-old Michio Kaku built a particle accelerator in his parent's garage that was able to generate a magnetic field 20,000 times greater than the Earth's and produce collisions powerful enough to create antimatter.
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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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