The song 'Strawberry Fields Forever', sung by the Beatles, refers to an orphanage located in Liverpool.
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The hole in the soda can tab is actually used to hold a straw in place and stop it from rising.
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It's impossible to kill yourself by holding your breath.
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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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When someone looks at a new love, the neural circuits that are usually associated with social judgment are suppressed.
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The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
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The oldest living person smoked cigarettes from the age of 21 to 117.
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If left alone, 70% of birthmarks gradually fade away.
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