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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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    Most dust particles in your house come from dead skin.
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    One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
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    Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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    For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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    If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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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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    The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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