Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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Your brain is 80% water.
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If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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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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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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