A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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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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Rafflesia Arnoldii is the largest flower in the world and can grow as big as an umbrella.
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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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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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