Interesting Facts
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Not swinging your arms when you walk increases the effort of walking by 12%, the equivalent of walking 20% faster or carrying a 10 kg backpack.
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It's impossible to kill yourself by holding your breath.
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Anuptaphobia is the fear of staying single.
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We forget why we have entered a room because passing through doors creates an ‘event boundary’ causing the brain to file away what we were just thinking about.
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Group "brainstorming" makes each individual in the group less creative and doesn't work as efficiently as the same number of people working alone and then later pooling their ideas.
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A man earned 4 million airline miles for free without breaking any laws by using his credit card to purchase free-delivery $1 coins from the U.S. mint.
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The chills you sometimes feel when listening to music is called "musical frisson."
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The key to happiness is spending your money on experiences rather than possessions, according to studies.
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In 1976, an underachieving Princeton junior undergraduate wrote a term paper detailing how to make a nuclear bomb. He got an "A", but never got his paper back because it was seized by the FBI.
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If the human eye was a digital camera, it would have 576 megapixels.
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Mentally doing a task makes you better at it. Your mind can barely tell the difference.
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The full moon causes a tidal wave to roll up the Amazon river once in day and once in night for a period of only three weeks in a year. This results in continuous 4m high wave that can be surfed for up to 13km.
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Wearing red increases attraction.
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If you chew gum when you study a subject and then chew the same flavor when you take the test, it will help you remember!
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"Big Ben" in London isn't a tower, the bell inside the tower is called "Big Ben", the tower itself is called "The Elizabeth Tower".
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Sunflowers can be used to clean up radioactive waste.
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To get a song out of your head, try doing something like a puzzle or Sudoku.
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In the case of an emergency, a Crayola crayon can be used as a candle and will burn for about 15 minutes.
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Teddy bears were named after U.S. President Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt.
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The harder you concentrate on falling asleep, the less likely you are to fall asleep.
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