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    Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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    Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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    The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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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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    Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste is made from recycled tin.
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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 Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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    Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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