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 revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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Your brain is 80% water.
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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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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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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