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    The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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    The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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    Scientists are attempting to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. A cellular human brain is predicted possible by 2023. It hopes to shed light on consciousness.
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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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    Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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    Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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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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    The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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