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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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    Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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    The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.
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    Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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    Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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    Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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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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    The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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