The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.
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Each year, more than 50,000 people are injured by jewelry in the U.S.
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Couples' personalities converge over time to make partners more and more similar.
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There is one slot machine in Las Vegas for every eight inhabitants.
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Group "brainstorming" makes each individual in the group less creative and doesn't work as efficiently as the same number of people working alone and then later pooling their ideas.
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Studies show that the colder the room you sleep in, the more likely you are to have a bad dream.
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Passengers on the Beijing subway can pay with plastic bottles.
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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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