When someone looks at a new love, the neural circuits that are usually associated with social judgment are suppressed.
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Leather skin does not have any smell. The leather smell that you sense is actually derived from the materials used in the tanning process.
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A portion of the water you drink has already been drunk by someone else, maybe several times over.
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Harvard earns enough money from interest on its endowment that it could offer free tuition to every student and still profit.
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You can actually sharpen the blades on a pencil sharpener by wrapping your pencils in aluminum foil before inserting them.
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Wearing red increases attraction.
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The song 'Strawberry Fields Forever', sung by the Beatles, refers to an orphanage located in Liverpool.
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Sudbury Valley School allows students to do whatever they want; no curriculum, tests, homework, or even classes unless requested. 82% of students get accepted to college, as opposed to the 63% national public school average.
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