Not swinging your arms when you walk increases the effort of walking by 12%, the equivalent of walking 20% faster or carrying a 10 kg backpack.
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You can hear the blood flowing through your ears if you find a quiet place and cover them tightly.
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The "Cobra Effect" is where a solution for a problem actually makes the problem worse.
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The search engine Google got its name from the word 'googol', which refers to the number one with a hundred zeros after it.
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Babies are born without knee caps.
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The yin-yang pattern's earliest use is in Rome - not China!
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The ashes of the average cremated person weigh nine pounds.
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