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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When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour. To photograph the event, a camera must shoot at a millionth of a second!
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It's impossible to kill yourself by holding your breath.
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The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is over 9000 years old!
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Couples' personalities converge over time to make partners more and more similar.
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Stilts were invented by French shepherds who needed a way to get around in wet marshes.
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About two hundred babies are born worldwide every minute.
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