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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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    In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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    Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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    Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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    Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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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 single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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    Most liquid laundry detergents are alive with living organisms that help to break down stains!
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