Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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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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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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