Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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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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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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No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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Your brain is 80% water.
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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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