One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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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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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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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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Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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