Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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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.
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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