Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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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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It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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In the 60s, a scientist gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.
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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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Scientists are working on a portable spray-on-skin that can heal severe wounds in just a few minutes.The spray mainly contains important proteins that can reprogram the injured cells to become stem cells, and back to young uniformed skin cells. So far they were able to accelerate healing process from 12 weeks to 21 days with a similar approach.
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