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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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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You burn 26 calories in a one minute kiss.
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Only 8% of the world’s currency is physical money. The rest exists only on computers.
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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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Over its lifetime, the average microwave requires more energy to display a digital clock than to heat food.
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Babies are born without knee caps.
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