Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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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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According to studies, men change their minds two to three times more often than women.
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The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter "J".
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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When you walk down a steep hill, the pressure on your knees is equal to three times your body weight.
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