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    One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
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    Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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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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    The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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    Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
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    Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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    The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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    The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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