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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 sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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    Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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    Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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    Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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    According to scientists, the color of the cup that we're drinking from can alter our perception of the actual taste of the drink.
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    A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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    Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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