The "Cobra Effect" is where a solution for a problem actually makes the problem worse.
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It's impossible to sink in the Dead Sea without equipment!
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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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Fine-grained volcanic ash can be found as an ingredient in some toothpastes.
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You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than a poisonous spider!
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All the gold ever mined could be molded into a cube 60 feet high and 60 feet wide.
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Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula"!
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Déjà vu occurs when your brain tries to apply a memory of a past situation to your current one, fails, and makes you feel like it's happened.
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