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    Bad At Maths? You Could Have Math Anxiety
    People with poor mathematical skills aren't necessarily bad at math because they are 'ungifted'. There is a phenomena called 'Math Anxiety' that makes people perform worse, sometimes leading to math avoidance, which leads to lesser knowledge and consequently more math anxiety.
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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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    According to a 2011 poll, 32% of Russians believe that the Sun orbits Earth.
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    Doctoral Sword
    Doctoral Sword
    In Finland, you are given a top hat and a sword when you get a PhD diploma.
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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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    In 2014, a college in upstate New York started offering classes on the sociology of Miley Cyrus.
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    Science of Batman
    Science of Batman
    The University of Victoria offers a course in the science of Batman.
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    Pope Francis has a master’s degree in Chemistry.
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