Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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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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Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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