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September 7, 2013
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When dreaming, hardcore video gamers have been reported to be able to toggle between first and third-person point-of-view; readily take control over and even enjoy nightmares; and have more dreams that involve far-fetched or impossible scenarios, like imaginary characters or space travel.

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No matter the language, we all exchange information at 39 bits/second, suggesting a biological limit. Languages that are lower information density are spoken fast (Spanish & Japanese) while denser languages are spoken more slowly (Thai, Vietnamese, Chinese).

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The loudest bird in the world (the White Bellbird) can scream at 125 decibels -- about as loud as an ambulance siren. Courtship consists of the male screaming directly into the female's face.

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Salmon sushi is not a Japanese dish. It was created by the Norwegian salmon industry in the early nineties to sell Atlantic salmon to Japan. Because Pacific salmon is known to carry parasites, it took a decade for Japanese people to trust the dish.

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Buster Keaton's famous stunt when a building facade collapses on him, with an open window fitting perfectly around his body, used no trickery. The facade weighed two tonnes, and the mark on the ground telling him exactly where to stand to avoid being crushed was a nail.

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When he accepted the role of Scrooge in A Muppet Christmas Carol, Michael Caine said he wanted to play it, "like I'm working with the Royal Shakespeare Company," as if there were no puppets around him. On set, he had to walk across narrow planks between the Muppets and their performers.

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The inventor of the bra, Caresse Crosby, came up with the idea because she didn’t want to wear a corset to a dance at age 19. She also had a dog named Clytoris.

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Renowned scientist Michael Faraday, whose work on electromagnetism made him one of the most influential physicists in history, had little formal education. In particular, his knowledge of maths extended only to the simplest algebra, and he was unaware of trigonometry.

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When Alan Alda was seven years old he contracted polio. To combat the disease his parents administered a painful treatment regimen developed by Sister Elizabeth Kenny consisting of applying hot woolen blankets to his limbs and stretching his muscles.

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Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of Donkey Kong, used the word "donkey" to convey "stubborn" in English; the name Donkey Kong was intended to mean, "stubborn ape." When he suggested this name to Nintendo of America, people laughed, but the name stuck.

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