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1988 German Grand Prix is not quite what it seems.
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What people get wrong about Autokinetic effect.
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The simple version of State-dependent memory.
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Harry Churchill Beet: what actually happened.
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Rose Memorial Auditorium still raises strange questions.
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The sourced background on Spacing effect.
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The simple version of Phi phenomenon.
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The sourced background on Betcha by Golly, Wow.
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Space, biology, physics, and discoveries that redraw the map.
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.
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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Anvil-Dragoon: The Second D-Day still raises strange questions.
Anvil-Dragoon: The Second D-Day is a board wargame published by JagdPanther Publications in 1976 that simulates the Allied landings in southern France in August…
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Psychology
Attention, memory, habit, emotion, and the mind at work.
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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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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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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Jnanendra Prasad Goswamy: what actually happened.
Acharya Jnanendra Prasad Goswamy a.k.a.
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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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Sergei Nechaev: what actually happened.
Sergei Gennadiyevich Nechaev was a Russian communist, part of the Russian nihilist movement, known for his single-minded pursuit of revolution by any means necessary,…
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Work Done on Premises still raises strange questions.
Work Done on Premises is the first album and first live album released by The Radiators (US).
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The facts behind Foxy, Foxy.
"Foxy, Foxy" is a non-LP single released by Mott the Hoople in 1974.
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Testing effect is stranger than it sounds.
The testing effect suggests long-term memory is increased when part of the learning period is devoted to retrieving information from memory.
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The real story behind Burdick Ridge.
Burdick Ridge is a ridge rising to an elevation of 773 metres (2,536 ft) on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.
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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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