A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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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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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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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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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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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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