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    Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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    A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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    The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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    If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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    Why Do Old Books Have a Distinct Smell?
    The reason why old books have such a distinct smell is because hundreds of organic compounds in the pages break down over time and release chemicals that smell like almond, vanilla, and grass.
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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.
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    A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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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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