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    Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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    The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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    The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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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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    Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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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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    Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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    The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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