One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!
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Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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