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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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    A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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    Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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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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    Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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    The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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    T-Rex DNA
    T-Rex DNA
    In 2005, a portion of T-rex bone was dissolved in acid. It revealed soft tissue with sections of possible DNA.
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    The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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