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    A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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    Rafflesia Arnoldii is the largest flower in the world and can grow as big as an umbrella.
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    The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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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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    Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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    Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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    The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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    The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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