Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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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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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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Scientists in Germany have developed a candy that doesn't cause cavities.
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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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