Playing Tetris after a traumatic event can prevent the development of traumatic memories and reduce the chance of having flashbacks.
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Real diamonds do not show up on x-ray.
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Q-Tip Cotton Swabs were originally called Baby Gays.
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An Australian study found that homework is of little to no academic value to students in elementary and junior high schools.
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The New York Stock Exchange started as a coffee shop!
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Author J K Rowling wrote the final chapter of the last Harry Potter book in "something like 1990", seven years before the release of the first book.
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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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Japanese engineers were asked to redesign the front end of the Bullet Train because it carried enough speed to create a sonic boom whenever it exited a tunnel. Residents could feel the blast from miles away.
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