Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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Scientists in Germany have developed a candy that doesn't cause cavities.
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It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!
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A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.
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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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Scientists are attempting to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. A cellular human brain is predicted possible by 2023. It hopes to shed light on consciousness.
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