Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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