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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Q-Tip Cotton Swabs were originally called Baby Gays.
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Over its lifetime, the average microwave requires more energy to display a digital clock than to heat food.
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There are more telephones than people in Washington, D.C.
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Japanese engineers were asked to redesign the front end of the Bullet Train because it carried enough speed to create a sonic boom whenever it exited a tunnel. Residents could feel the blast from miles away.
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The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting.
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