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    Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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    The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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    Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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    Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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    Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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    0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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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 cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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