"Strategic incompetence" is the art of avoiding certain tasks by pretending you don't know how to do them.
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No one knows Albert Einstein's last words. Just before he passed, he spoke several words in German, but his nurse only knew English.
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When glass breaks, the cracks move at speeds of up to 3,000 miles per hour.
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Fine-grained volcanic ash can be found as an ingredient in some toothpastes.
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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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You can actually sharpen the blades on a pencil sharpener by wrapping your pencils in aluminum foil before inserting them.
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Researchers say that lining the toilet seat with paper is pretty much pointless
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An iceberg contains more heat than a lit match.
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