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 chances of making two holes-in-one in a round of golf are one in 67 million.
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Fine-grained volcanic ash can be found as an ingredient in some toothpastes.
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In 1997, a survey reported that 12% of Americans think that Joan of Arc was Noah's wife.
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The human eye blinks an average of 4,200,000 times a year.
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An Australian study found that homework is of little to no academic value to students in elementary and junior high schools.
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A typical full-time worker in the US with a four-year college degree earns about $50,000. This is 62% more than a worker with only a high-school diploma.
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It is estimated that millions of trees in the world are accidentally planted by squirrels who bury nuts and then forget where they hid them!
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