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    Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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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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    Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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    The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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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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    For a high school science fair project, 17-year-old Michio Kaku built a particle accelerator in his parent's garage that was able to generate a magnetic field 20,000 times greater than the Earth's and produce collisions powerful enough to create antimatter.
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    The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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    Most liquid laundry detergents are alive with living organisms that help to break down stains!
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