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Work Done on Premises still raises strange questions.
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Harry Churchill Beet: what actually happened.
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Testing effect is stranger than it sounds.
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1988 German Grand Prix is not quite what it seems.
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Rose Memorial Auditorium still raises strange questions.
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The facts behind Foxy, Foxy.
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What people get wrong about Autokinetic effect.
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West Indian Ocean coelacanth: what actually happened.
The West Indian Ocean coelacanth, sometimes known as the gombessa, African coelacanth, and simply coelacanth, is a crossopterygian, one of two extant species of…
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What people get wrong about New Moon on Monday.
"New Moon on Monday" is the tenth single by the English pop rock band Duran Duran, released on 23 January 1984 in the United…
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The sourced background on McCain family.
The McCain family is a prominent American naval family.
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History
Strange turning points, forgotten names, and moments that still echo.
Mink Peeters still raises strange questions.
Mink Martin Peeters is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a forward.
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Kelechi Amadi-Obi is stranger than it sounds.
Kelechi Amadi-Obi is a Nigerian creative photographer, painter, artist and the publisher of Mania Magazine.
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Nasnas is stranger than it sounds.
In Arab culture, the nasnās is a monopod, a monstrous creature.
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Psychology
Attention, memory, habit, emotion, and the mind at work.
The simple version of Phi phenomenon.
The term phi phenomenon is used in a narrow sense for an apparent motion that is observed if two nearby optical stimuli are presented…
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What people get wrong about Serial-position effect.
Serial-position effect is the tendency of a person to recall the first and last items in a series best, and the middle items worst.
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The real story behind Generation effect.
The generation effect is a psychological phenomenon whereby information is better remembered if it is generated from one's own mind rather than simply read.
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Odd records, rare phenomena, and true stories that sound impossible.
Piglio still raises strange questions.
Piglio is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Frosinone in the Italian region Lazio, located about 50 kilometres (31 mi) east of Rome…
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The sourced background on Betcha by Golly, Wow.
"Betcha by Golly, Wow" is a song written by Thom Bell and Linda Creed, originally titled "Keep Growing Strong" and recorded by American actress…
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Jnanendra Prasad Goswamy: what actually happened.
Acharya Jnanendra Prasad Goswamy a.k.a.
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Illusory contour is stranger than it sounds.
An illusory contour or subjective contour is a visual illusion that evokes the perception of an edge without a luminance or color change across…
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The sourced background on Spacing effect.
The spacing effect demonstrates that learning is more effective when study sessions are spaced out.
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The real story behind Rosa ‘Comtes de Champagne’.
Rosa 'Comtes de Champagne' is an apricot shrub rose cultivar, developed by British rose breeder David C.
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The simple version of State-dependent memory.
State-dependent memory or state-dependent learning is the phenomenon where people remember more information if their physical or mental state is the same at time…
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The facts behind Shimbamba Station.
Shimbamba Station is a railway station in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keikyu Corporation.
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The simple version of Flashbulb memory.
A flashbulb memory is a vivid, long-lasting memory about a surprising or shocking event.
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