When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour. To photograph the event, a camera must shoot at a millionth of a second!
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In Tokyo, a bicycle is faster than a car for most trips of less than 50 minutes!
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Daydreamers are better at solving complex problems.
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"Big Ben" in London isn't a tower, the bell inside the tower is called "Big Ben", the tower itself is called "The Elizabeth Tower".
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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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Dartboards are made out of horsehairs.
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Teddy bears were named after U.S. President Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt.
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