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    80% of millionaires drive used cars.
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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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    Stud Poker
    Stud Poker
    "Stud Poker" got its name when a drunk Civil War vet gambled a horse.
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    65-Year-Old Bottled Plant
    65-Year-Old Bottled Plant
    There's a plant that has survived in a sealed bottle for over 65 years. It was watered just once in 55 years.
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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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    In the U.S., more than 10% of lottery prizes go unclaimed!
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    In 1976, an underachieving Princeton junior undergraduate wrote a term paper detailing how to make a nuclear bomb. He got an "A", but never got his paper back because it was seized by the FBI.
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    You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
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