Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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The weight of a carat (200 milligrams), standard unit of measurement for gemstones, is based on the weight of the carob seed.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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In the 60s, a scientist gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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