Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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Scientists aren't sure what color dinosaurs were.
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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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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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