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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Over its lifetime, the average microwave requires more energy to display a digital clock than to heat food.
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An underwater forest off the coast of Alabama that is 50,000 years old was uncovered by Hurricane Katrina.
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Pollen can travel up to 500 miles in a day.
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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 revenue that is generated from gambling is more than the revenue that comes from movies, cruise ships, recorded music, theme parks, and spectator sports combined.
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The most children born to one woman was 69, she was a peasant who lived a 40 year life, in which she had 16 twins, 7 triplets, and 4 quadruplets.
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SONY was originally called 'Totsuken'.
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