Déjà vu occurs when your brain tries to apply a memory of a past situation to your current one, fails, and makes you feel like it's happened.
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There was once an undersea post office in the Bahamas.
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A jiffy is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. Thus the saying, I will be there in a jiffy.
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Harvard earns enough money from interest on its endowment that it could offer free tuition to every student and still profit.
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Sudbury Valley School allows students to do whatever they want; no curriculum, tests, homework, or even classes unless requested. 82% of students get accepted to college, as opposed to the 63% national public school average.
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In a year approximately 900 million trees are cut down to make the raw materials needed for American pulp mills and paper.
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It's impossible to kill yourself by holding your breath.
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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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