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Chalk is made from ancient sea life

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The incredibly soft white sticks heavily utilized by eager schoolteachers to boldly write mathematical equations are fundamentally physically composed of immensely compressed prehistoric marine life. Millions of years ago, highly microscopic ocean creatures died and piled up on the deep seafloor, eventually fossilizing securely into immense bright massive limestone cliffs.

Chalk is made from ancient sea life
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