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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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    Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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    Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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    Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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    One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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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 bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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    If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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