Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter "J".
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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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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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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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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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