Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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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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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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