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    A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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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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    Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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    Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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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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    Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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    Scientists are working on a portable spray-on-skin that can heal severe wounds in just a few minutes.The spray mainly contains important proteins that can reprogram the injured cells to become stem cells, and back to young uniformed skin cells. So far they were able to accelerate healing process from 12 weeks to 21 days with a similar approach.
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    The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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