"Strategic incompetence" is the art of avoiding certain tasks by pretending you don't know how to do them.
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Hong Kong has more Rolls Royces per person than anywhere else in the world.
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Some nursing homes in Germany have fake bus stops to keep Alzheimer's patients from wandering away.
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Each year, more than 50,000 people are injured by jewelry in the U.S.
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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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Stilts were invented by French shepherds who needed a way to get around in wet marshes.
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Mentally doing a task makes you better at it. Your mind can barely tell the difference.
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Oak trees can live 200 or more years.
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