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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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    The 'Unicorn Bull'
    In 1933, a biologist created a "unicorn bull".
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    One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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    Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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    All Humans Are 99.9% Genetically Identical and 98.4% of human genes are the same as the genes of a chimpanzee.
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    If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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    Indoor pollution is 10 times more toxic than outdoor pollution.
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