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 use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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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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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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