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    Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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    Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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    Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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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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    The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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    A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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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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    There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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