Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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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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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
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