No one knows Albert Einstein's last words. Just before he passed, he spoke several words in German, but his nurse only knew English.
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The odds of being killed by falling out of bed are one in two million.
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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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Ice isn't slippery. What makes people and things slip on ice is water. A thin layer of ice melts when pressure is applied to it and it is this wet layer on top of the ice that is slippery.
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New York's Central Park is nearly twice the size of the entire country of Monaco.
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A fire in Australia has been burning for more than 5,000 years!
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An olive tree can live up to 1,500 years!
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Pollen never deteriorates. It is one of the few natural substances that lasts indefinitely.
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