Mentally doing a task makes you better at it. Your mind can barely tell the difference.
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Fine-grained volcanic ash can be found as an ingredient in some toothpastes.
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Every year around 1 billion Valentine cards are sent. After Christmas it's a single largest seasonal card-sending occasion.
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Some nursing homes in Germany have fake bus stops to keep Alzheimer's patients from wandering away.
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Extremely high pressured water can easily cut through a steel beam.
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The most collected calls are made on Father's Day.
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In Monopoly, the character locked behind the bars is called Jake the Jailbird. Officer Edgar Mallory sent him to jail.
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Chrysler built B-29's that bombed Japan, Mitsubishi built Zeros that tried to shoot them down. Both companies now build cars in a joint plant called Diamond Star.
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