Paul McCartney dreamed the melody of "Yesterday" one night and immediately wrote the music the next morning. He then looked around for a month to make sure that he didn't subconsciously plagiarize it from somebody else.
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It took 200,000 years for humans to reach 3 billion in number. It took 40 years for the next 3 billion.
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The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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The bananas we buy in stores and supermarkets are genetically identical clones, all descended from one banana. These bananas are seedless and sterile; natural bananas are short, fat, and have huge seeds.
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Our brains have a negativity bias and will remember bad memories more than good ones.
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The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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Summer on Uranus lasts for 21 years.
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