Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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German scientists claim to have evidence that suggests that our universe may exist inside of a computer simulated Matrix.
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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For a high school science fair project, 17-year-old Michio Kaku built a particle accelerator in his parent's garage that was able to generate a magnetic field 20,000 times greater than the Earth's and produce collisions powerful enough to create antimatter.
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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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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