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    Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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    The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter "J".
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    Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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    One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
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    0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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    All Humans Are 99.9% Genetically Identical and 98.4% of human genes are the same as the genes of a chimpanzee.
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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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    Scientists are attempting to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. A cellular human brain is predicted possible by 2023. It hopes to shed light on consciousness.
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