Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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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.
15
The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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