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    Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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    Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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    Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste is made from recycled tin.
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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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    In the 60s, a scientist gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.
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    For a high school science fair project, 17-year-old Michio Kaku built a particle accelerator in his parent's garage that was able to generate a magnetic field 20,000 times greater than the Earth's and produce collisions powerful enough to create antimatter.
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    If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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    Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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