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    A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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    If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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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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    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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    Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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    Scientists aren't sure what color dinosaurs were.
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    The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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    Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste is made from recycled tin.
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