Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
67
At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
55
Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
11
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!
16
Scientists aren't sure what color dinosaurs were.
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