An ounce of platinum can be stretched 10,000 feet.
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Mentally doing a task makes you better at it. Your mind can barely tell the difference.
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Since 1982, a radio frequency emanating from Russia has been broadcasting a buzzer-like sound and, periodically, an unknown voice reads orders, names, and numbers. No one knows where exactly it is coming from or what it means.
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You share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world.
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There are more telephones than people in Washington, D.C.
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When someone looks at a new love, the neural circuits that are usually associated with social judgment are suppressed.
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Every year around 1 billion Valentine cards are sent. After Christmas it's a single largest seasonal card-sending occasion.
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