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    Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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    In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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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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    Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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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 brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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    A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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    Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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