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    0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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    Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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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 earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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    In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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    It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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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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    The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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