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    4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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    The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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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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    Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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    In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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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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    Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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    Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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