An Australian study found that homework is of little to no academic value to students in elementary and junior high schools.
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"Strategic incompetence" is the art of avoiding certain tasks by pretending you don't know how to do them.
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Bamboo plants can grow up to 36 inches in a day.
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On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
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Not swinging your arms when you walk increases the effort of walking by 12%, the equivalent of walking 20% faster or carrying a 10 kg backpack.
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In Finland, Valentine's Day is called "Ystävänpäivä" which translates into "Friend's day".
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The 409 escalators in the London subway cover a distance every week which is approximately equivalent to several trips around the globe!
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Stilts were invented by French shepherds who needed a way to get around in wet marshes.
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