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    Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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    At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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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 left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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    Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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    Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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    The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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    In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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