A lump of pure gold the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court.
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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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The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
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Babies start dreaming even before they're born.
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There are more fatal car accidents in July than any other month.
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The Pittsburgh Steelers were originally called the Pirates.
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A jiffy is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. Thus the saying, I will be there in a jiffy.
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Oak trees can live 200 or more years.
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