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    Most dust particles in your house come from dead skin.
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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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    Scientists are attempting to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. A cellular human brain is predicted possible by 2023. It hopes to shed light on consciousness.
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    According to scientists, the color of the cup that we're drinking from can alter our perception of the actual taste of the drink.
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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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    Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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    Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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    Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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