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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Passengers on the Beijing subway can pay with plastic bottles.
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'Second Street' is the most common street name in the U.S.; 'First Street' is the sixth! "
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In Georgia, there is an airtight room called the Crypt of Civilization that was sealed in 1940. It contains numerous artefacts documenting what life was like at the time of sealing, and is scheduled to be opened in the year 8113 to show people of the future exactly what life was like.
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Blue light fends off drowsiness in the middle of the night, which could be useful to people who work at night.
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Most of the dust underneath your bed is actually your own dead skin.
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Daft Punk named their band after a negative reviewer called their act "a bunch of daft punk."
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Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.
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