Mentally doing a task makes you better at it. Your mind can barely tell the difference.
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Group "brainstorming" makes each individual in the group less creative and doesn't work as efficiently as the same number of people working alone and then later pooling their ideas.
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97% of all paper money in the US contains traces of cocaine.
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The mile is Latin for 1,000. The number of paces it took the average Roman!
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The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting.
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The New York Stock Exchange started as a coffee shop!
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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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The original game of "Monopoly" was circular.
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