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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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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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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Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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