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    Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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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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    It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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    For a high school science fair project, 17-year-old Michio Kaku built a particle accelerator in his parent's garage that was able to generate a magnetic field 20,000 times greater than the Earth's and produce collisions powerful enough to create antimatter.
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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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    The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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    The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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