Wearing red increases attraction.
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Some nursing homes in Germany have fake bus stops to keep Alzheimer's patients from wandering away.
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Japanese engineers were asked to redesign the front end of the Bullet Train because it carried enough speed to create a sonic boom whenever it exited a tunnel. Residents could feel the blast from miles away.
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"Strategic incompetence" is the art of avoiding certain tasks by pretending you don't know how to do them.
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You can actually sharpen the blades on a pencil sharpener by wrapping your pencils in aluminum foil before inserting them.
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Those things you see in your eyes when you stare into space are called Mouches Voltanes, which are also broadly referenced to as Floaters.
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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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When glass breaks, the cracks move at speeds of up to 3,000 miles per hour.
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