The best time for a person to buy shoes is in the afternoon. This is because the foot tends to swell a bit around this time.
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The cruise liner, 'Queen Elizabeth 2', moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
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Stilts were invented by French shepherds who needed a way to get around in wet marshes.
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According to the New York Times, a study conducted during the 1980's found that men who kiss their wives before leaving for work live longer, get into fewer car accidents, and have a higher income than married men who don't.
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People who laugh more are better able to tolerate pain - both physical and emotional.
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"Dysania" is the state of finding it hard getting up out of bed in the morning.
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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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Mushrooms are more closely related to humans than they are to plants.
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