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 idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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