You can hear the blood flowing through your ears if you find a quiet place and cover them tightly.
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Fingers prune underwater not because of them absorbing the water or washing away the oil, but because of an evolutionary trait caused by the brain to enhance the grip of your fingers underwater.
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Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a 50,000 word book titled 'Gadsby' which did not use the letter "e".
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In China, teachers allow children to sleep in class for around 20 minutes to help improve their learning.
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In Montreal, there's a bus stop with swings that play musical notes when you swing on them.
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Genghis Khan exempted the poor and clergy from taxes, encouraged literacy, and established free religion, leading many peoples to join his empire before they were even conquered.
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