Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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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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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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