Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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Galalith is a type of plastic that can be made from milk. It is odourless, insoluble in water, biodegradable, anti-allergenic, antistatic, and virtually non-flammable.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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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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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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