Our brains have a negativity bias and will remember bad memories more than good ones.
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The 409 escalators in the London subway cover a distance every week which is approximately equivalent to several trips around the globe!
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Venice Island was built on a foundation of tree trunks. 1200 years later, those same trunks still support almost all of central Venice.
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Music has the ability to repair brain damage and return lost memories.
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In Turkish, the bird we call a Turkey is called "Hindi" ("from India"). In India, it's called "Peru." In Arabic, the bird is called "Greek chicken"; in Greek it's called "French chicken"; and in French it's called "Indian chicken." The bird is indigenous to none of these places.
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You can only remember 4 things at a time.
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Elephants are terrified of Bees and actually have a special, distinct vocalization for “Run away the Bees are angry”
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