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    The force of a suction cup is calculated using F=AP.
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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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    If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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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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    The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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    The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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    Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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    The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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