Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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Scientists have developed a microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, enabling us to live without breathing.
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Scientists are working on a portable spray-on-skin that can heal severe wounds in just a few minutes.The spray mainly contains important proteins that can reprogram the injured cells to become stem cells, and back to young uniformed skin cells. So far they were able to accelerate healing process from 12 weeks to 21 days with a similar approach.
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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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