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    A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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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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    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 storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.
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    One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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    The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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    Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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