There are more nerve cells in the human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
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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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Most lipstick contains fish scales!
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NYC's Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) dumps old subway cars into the ocean to serve as artificial reef.
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The cruise liner, 'Queen Elizabeth 2', moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
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The full moon causes a tidal wave to roll up the Amazon river once in day and once in night for a period of only three weeks in a year. This results in continuous 4m high wave that can be surfed for up to 13km.
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The best recorded distance for projectile vomiting is 27 feet.
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When Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle, it travels at a rate of 25 miles per year.
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