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People have actually been diagnosed with "Truman Show Delusion." Named after the 1998 film starring Jim Carrey, this phenomenon was defined in an issue of Cognitive Neuropsychiatry as "a novel delusion, primarily persecutory in form, in which the patient believes that he is being filmed and that the films are being broadcast for the entertainment of others."

 

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Trivia Question: In what year was the first-ever Wimbledon Championship held?
Answer: 1877

 

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Elephants Have Prehensile *******ia​

 

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Trivia Question: What is often seen as the smallest unit of memory?
Answer: kilobyte

 

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Like its trunk, the elephant's procreative organ is prehensile. As one onlooker to the phenomenon You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. "As we watched in baffled amusement (and the faintest tinge of inadequacy), he used his ***** to prop himself up, swat flies from his side and scratch himself on his stomach. David Attenborough never showed us that."

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Trivia Question: Which planet is the hottest in the solar system?
Answer: Venus

 

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Almost 15 percent of Earth's Population Is Missing a Tendon​

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You can test if you are part of this exclusive group by holding your arm out and touching your thumb to your pinky. Likely you will see a raised tendon, that's palmaris longus, a muscle that was once likely of use but no longer does much for us. Those without it are the minority who You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. beyond it

 

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Trivia Question: Which country produces the most coffee in the world?
Answer: Brazil

 

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Almost All Serotonin Is Produced in the Gut​

 

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Trivia Question: What is the common name for dried plums?
Answer: Prunes

 

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We think of serotonin as that neurotransmitter that makes us feel good and is released to our mind by various illicit substances. But in fact, more than 90 percent of serotonin is produced in our digestive tract.

 

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Trivia Question: What does BMW stand for (in English)?
Answer: Bavarian Motor Works

 

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Rival High School Coaches Once Conspired to Help a Player Break a Record

 

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Trivia Question: Which two countries share the longest international border?
Answer: Canada and the USA

 

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In 2003, high school quarterback Nate Haasis set a record for passing yardage, only to learn later that his own coach and the coach of the rival team had conspired to let it happen (in exchange for allowing the rival team score a touchdown). Haasis took the high road when he learned of what had happened, and rejected the honor.

 

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Trivia Question: What is the smallest country in the world?
Answer: Vatican City

 

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You'd Need More than 700 Floppy Disks to Equal One Gigabyte of Storage

 

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Trivia Question: Which bone are babies born without?
Answer: Knee cap

 

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As storage solutions get continually more compact and efficient with each passing year, it can seem unbelievable just how far we've come. A one-gigabyte file is easily stored in the cloud these days. But back in the 90s and early 2000, we stored our files on things like floppy disks. And it would take 711 1.44 MB floppy disks to store one gigabyte. That's a whole lot of floppy disks. Thank goodness for the cloud, right?

 

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Trivia Question: Which name is rapper Sean Combs better known by?
Answer: P. Diddy