The French named one of their aircraft carriers after Ferdinand Foch, a man who once said "Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value".
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The chills you sometimes feel when listening to music is called "musical frisson."
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It's impossible to kill yourself by holding your breath.
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Each year, more than 50,000 people are injured by jewelry in the U.S.
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At the time of your birth, you were, for a few seconds, the youngest person on the planet.
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A million dollars weighs about a metric ton. Hence the expression "a ton of money."
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When someone looks at a new love, the neural circuits that are usually associated with social judgment are suppressed.
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