Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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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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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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Scientists are attempting to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. A cellular human brain is predicted possible by 2023. It hopes to shed light on consciousness.
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Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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