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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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    Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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    Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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    A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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    The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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    If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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    Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
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    Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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