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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In 1997, a survey reported that 12% of Americans think that Joan of Arc was Noah's wife.
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During his or her lifetime, the average human will grow 590 miles of hair.
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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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The chances of making two holes-in-one in a round of golf are one in 67 million.
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If you're one in a million, there are about 7,234 people just like you.
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A man earned 4 million airline miles for free without breaking any laws by using his credit card to purchase free-delivery $1 coins from the U.S. mint.
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The top sales at Walmart as a storm approaches are Pop-Tarts and beer.
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