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    The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter "J".
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    Sequencing DNA from Cigarette Butt in Street and 3D Printing Face from It
    It's possible to sequence DNA on gum and cigarette butts found in the street and 3D print a very accurate face from it.
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    Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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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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    In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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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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    Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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    Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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