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    Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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    It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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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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    Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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    The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.
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    The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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    The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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    Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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