Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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Galalith is a type of plastic that can be made from milk. It is odourless, insoluble in water, biodegradable, anti-allergenic, antistatic, and virtually non-flammable.
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Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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The weight of a carat (200 milligrams), standard unit of measurement for gemstones, is based on the weight of the carob seed.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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