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    The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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    Bioluminescent Plants
    Bioluminescent Plants
    The world's first genetically-engineered bioluminescent (glow-in-the-dark) house plants have been created and could eventually be used as a functional light source.
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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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    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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    Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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    Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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    Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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    The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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