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    The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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    Most dust particles in your house come from dead skin.
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    One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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    The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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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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    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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    Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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    At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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