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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Less than 3% of the water produced at a large municipal water treatment plant is used for drinking purposes!
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It takes the same amount of time to age a cigar as wine.
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Babies start dreaming even before they're born.
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There is a fake village with fake shops and restaurants that is actually a care home for elderly dementia sufferers in the Netherlands.
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Wearing yellow makes you look bigger on camera; green, smaller.
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Those things you see in your eyes when you stare into space are called Mouches Voltanes, which are also broadly referenced to as Floaters.
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During his or her lifetime, the average human will grow 590 miles of hair.
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