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    Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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    There is a surgical implant being developed that will give you an orgasm at the touch of a button.
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    Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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    Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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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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    The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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    If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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    Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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