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    Your brain is 80% water.
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    When you walk down a steep hill, the pressure on your knees is equal to three times your body weight.
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    During photosynthesis, plants emit light humans can’t see, but NASA can see that light from space - and they've even made maps of it!
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    Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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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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    Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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    Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste is made from recycled tin.
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    At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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