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    Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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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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    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 bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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    The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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    Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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