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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An Australian study found that homework is of little to no academic value to students in elementary and junior high schools.
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The harder you concentrate on falling asleep, the less likely you are to fall asleep.
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The "Cobra Effect" is where a solution for a problem actually makes the problem worse.
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It is estimated that millions of trees in the world are accidentally planted by squirrels who bury nuts and then forget where they hid them!
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U-Haul is the world's largest advertiser in the Yellow Pages.
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Extremely high pressured water can easily cut through a steel beam.
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