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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 earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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    Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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    All Humans Are 99.9% Genetically Identical and 98.4% of human genes are the same as the genes of a chimpanzee.
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    Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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    German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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    The 'Unicorn Bull'
    In 1933, a biologist created a "unicorn bull".
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    A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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