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    The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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    One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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    Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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    The force of a suction cup is calculated using F=AP.
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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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    The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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    Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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    The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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