Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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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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Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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Most dust particles in your house come from dead skin.
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