Playing Tetris after a traumatic event can prevent the development of traumatic memories and reduce the chance of having flashbacks.
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The "Cobra Effect" is where a solution for a problem actually makes the problem worse.
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Oak trees can live 200 or more years.
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When someone looks at a new love, the neural circuits that are usually associated with social judgment are suppressed.
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When glass breaks, the cracks move at speeds of up to 3,000 miles per hour.
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Wearing yellow makes you look bigger on camera; green, smaller.
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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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