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The world's rainforests are typically thought of as crucial "carbon sinks" -- sucking huge quantities of planet-heating emissions from the atmosphere.

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One internal document from 1973 allegedly says: "Our baby powder contains talc fragments classifiable as fiber. Occasionally sub-trace quantities of tremolite or actinolite are identifiable…"

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Customs and Border Protection reached the same conclusion, finding that brokers and importers mistakenly inflated the quantity of products they were bringing into the country after new steel tariffs complicated reporting.

The centers, full of equipment, generate lots of heat and can use large quantities of water to cool their servers and interiors.

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If the tech industry were a bakery, dysprosium would be like baking powder: It is used in small quantities but essential for enabling electric-car motors, wind turbines, military systems and computer-chip machinery.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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