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    Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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    Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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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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    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 sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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    Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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    Your brain is 80% water.
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    MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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