Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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