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    The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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    German scientists claim to have evidence that suggests that our universe may exist inside of a computer simulated Matrix.
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    Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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    T-Rex DNA
    T-Rex DNA
    In 2005, a portion of T-rex bone was dissolved in acid. It revealed soft tissue with sections of possible DNA.
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    Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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    The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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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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    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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