Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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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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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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One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!
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The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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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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