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    Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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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 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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    When you walk down a steep hill, the pressure on your knees is equal to three times your body weight.
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    Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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    4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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    The 'Unicorn Bull'
    In 1933, a biologist created a "unicorn bull".
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    The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.
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