The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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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 the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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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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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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According to studies, men change their minds two to three times more often than women.
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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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