Mentally doing a task makes you better at it. Your mind can barely tell the difference.
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A typical lead pencil can draw a line that is 35 miles long.
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A Swiss man replaced his car's broken heater with a fully functional wood burning stove.
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Only 8% of the world’s currency is physical money. The rest exists only on computers.
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Coins usually survive in circulation for about 30 years.
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When withdrawing money from an ATM, the 'whirring' sound before your money pops out is actually a recording. The actual mechanism is so far back that you can't hear it.
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In 21 U.S. states, WALMART is the single largest employer.
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‘Tree shaping’ is the art of growing trees and roots into things like bridges, chairs, “people trees”, ladders, fences, jungle gyms, tunnels, and, theoretically, could even be used to grow homes.
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