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    Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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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 average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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    No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.
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    Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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    Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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    One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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    Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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