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    One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!
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    Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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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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    Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste is made from recycled tin.
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    Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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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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    Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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    A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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