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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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    Coke-Powered Phone
    Coke-Powered Phone
    Daizi Zheng, a Chinese designer, made a Coca-Cola powered cell phone. She designed a battery that uses enzymes to generate electricity from the carbs.
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    German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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    Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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    A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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    Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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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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    Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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