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    The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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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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    If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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    In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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    One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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    The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.
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    Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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    A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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