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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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    Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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    A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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    The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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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 in Germany have developed a candy that doesn't cause cavities.
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    For a high school science fair project, 17-year-old Michio Kaku built a particle accelerator in his parent's garage that was able to generate a magnetic field 20,000 times greater than the Earth's and produce collisions powerful enough to create antimatter.
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    Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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