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    There are 86,400 seconds in a day.
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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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    If you have 1 billion dollars and spend $1,000 every day, it would take you 2,740 years to go broke.
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    Tsunami Stones
    Tsunami Stones
    Around 300 ft uphill from the highest water level reached by the 2011 Tōhoku tsunami sits a centuries-old stone marker that warns: “Do not build your homes below this point!”
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    The face of a penny can hold about thirty drops of water.
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    The chlorine smell in swimming pools is accentuated by the chemical's reaction with impurities (like poop.)
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    Music is as addictive to the brain as sex and drugs.
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    According to an assistant professor of psychology and marketing at NYU, wearing red increases your chances in things like dating and hitchhiking.
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