Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.
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