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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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    A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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    Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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    In the 60s, a scientist gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.
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    No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.
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    Indoor pollution is 10 times more toxic than outdoor pollution.
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    The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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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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