Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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Your brain is 80% water.
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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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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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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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