When withdrawing money from an ATM, the 'whirring' sound before your money pops out is actually a recording. The actual mechanism is so far back that you can't hear it.
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The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting.
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The chances of making two holes-in-one in a round of golf are one in 67 million.
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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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In Monopoly, the character locked behind the bars is called Jake the Jailbird. Officer Edgar Mallory sent him to jail.
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No matter its size or thickness, no piece of paper can be folded in half more than 8 times.
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A real estate agent's rule of thumb: To estimate what a house will sell for, ask the owner what its worth and subtract 10%.
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One human hair can support 3 ounces.
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