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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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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The human sigh acts as a physiological reset button.
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People with light eye colors (like blue, green or grey) have a higher alcohol tolerance.
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In 1943, a Pan Am Airline chef snuck whiskey into passengers' coffee to warm them up on a winter flight. When asked what kind of coffee they were being served, he improvised "Irish Coffee," creating the now-famous cocktail.
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To get a song out of your head, try doing something like a puzzle or Sudoku.
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Dell's first advertisement was made on the back of a pizza box.
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Placing alcohol on a scorpion's back will make it go crazy and fatally sting itself.
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