Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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