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    Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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    Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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    If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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    At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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    The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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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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    Bioluminescent Plants
    Bioluminescent Plants
    The world's first genetically-engineered bioluminescent (glow-in-the-dark) house plants have been created and could eventually be used as a functional light source.
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    No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.
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