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    Cold water weighs more than hot water.
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    Scientists are attempting to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. A cellular human brain is predicted possible by 2023. It hopes to shed light on consciousness.
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    Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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    The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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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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    Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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    One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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    Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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