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    The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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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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    Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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    Scientists aren't sure what color dinosaurs were.
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    Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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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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    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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    Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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