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    The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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    Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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    If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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    The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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    0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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    Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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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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    If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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