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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Before making Finding Nemo, the animation gurus at Pixar Studios had to take a graduate class in fish biology and oceanography.
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Japanese schools do not have proms.
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In China, teachers allow children to sleep in class for around 20 minutes to help improve their learning.
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Students at the John Hopkins University collaboratively decided to opt out of their final since the professor set his curve based on the highest score grading it as 100%. They chose to receive a score of zero, making it the highest grade and thereby getting 100%.
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Harvard earns enough money from interest on its endowment that it could offer free tuition to every student and still profit.
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According to a 2011 poll, 32% of Russians believe that the Sun orbits Earth.
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