Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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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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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste is made from recycled tin.
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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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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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