Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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Scientists have developed a microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, enabling us to live without breathing.
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Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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According to studies, men change their minds two to three times more often than women.
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