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    One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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    Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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    Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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    Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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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 single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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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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    Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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