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    "Strategic incompetence" is the art of avoiding certain tasks by pretending you don't know how to do them.
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    Increased Creativity
    Increased Creativity
    Research has found that you're more likely to have a creative epiphany when you're doing something monotonous, like fishing, exercising, or showering.
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    If you get water flowing fast enough, it can cut metal.
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    According to the New York Times, a study conducted during the 1980's found that men who kiss their wives before leaving for work live longer, get into fewer car accidents, and have a higher income than married men who don't.
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    When you are looking at someone you love, your pupils dilate, they do the same when you are looking at someone you hate.
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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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    You can actually sharpen the blades on a pencil sharpener by wrapping your pencils in aluminum foil before inserting them.
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    Funeral Poets of Amsterdam
    If you die in Amsterdam with no next of kin and no-one to attend your funeral, a poet will write a poem for you and recite it at your funeral.
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