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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There was once an undersea post office in the Bahamas.
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Leather skin does not have any smell. The leather smell that you sense is actually derived from the materials used in the tanning process.
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During his or her lifetime, the average human will grow 590 miles of hair.
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‘Qatar’ is the world's most expensive bar of soap. Infused with gold and diamond powder, it costs a squeaky clean $2,800.
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Some nursing homes in Germany have fake bus stops to keep Alzheimer's patients from wandering away.
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Paper money is not made from wood pulp but from cotton. This means that it will not disintegrate as fast if it is put in the laundry.
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Speed dating was invented by a Rabbi in 1999.
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