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    Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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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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    At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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    During photosynthesis, plants emit light humans can’t see, but NASA can see that light from space - and they've even made maps of it!
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    If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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    The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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    Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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    Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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