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    The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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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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    Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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    One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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    4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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    Most dust particles in your house come from dead skin.
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    All Humans Are 99.9% Genetically Identical and 98.4% of human genes are the same as the genes of a chimpanzee.
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    Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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