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About 10% of all motor vehicle accidents involve lane changes, contributing to roughly 60,000 injuries each year.

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A study in Turkey found that cats meow louder at men. This suggests cats may adjust their vocal cues depending on who they’re interacting with.

Studies have shown that 88% of those who set New Year resolutions fail, even though 52% of the study's participants were confident of success at the beginning.

The UN’s food agency has estimated that eating insects is practised regularly by at least 2 billion people worldwide.

Memory foam was originally developed by NASA in the 1960s to improve seat cushioning and crash protection for astronauts.

When a container of mixed nuts is shaken, the largest nuts tend to rise to the top instead of sinking. The effect, called granular convection, defies everyday logic in that heavier objects should sink.

Forms of plastic surgery were practiced as early as 1600 BCE, particularly in ancient India, where surgeons reconstructed noses using skin grafts.

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