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14 Explanations Of Why Certain Things Drive Us Crazy

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Your shoelaces get untied because of the gradual influence of forces generated by walking. When your foot hits the ground as you walk, the impact is t

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DOES IT FEEL LIKE YOUR SWEAT IS SMELLIER WHEN YOU'RE NERVOUS? It's because neryous sweat has a higher level of apocrine secretions, the proteins that

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Do you feel groggy after hitting snooze in the morning? 12 11 1 10 2 9 8 4 7 5 6 As long as you've had at least 7 hours of sleep, don't hit that butto

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CRACKED.GOM Ever see or hear yourself in a recording and cringe at your own voice because of how different you sound? That's because our hearing mecha

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Eggshell shards fall into your bowl because the membrane they're stuck to tears. Cracking an egg on a hard edge rips the membrane between the eggshell

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CRACKED COM Do you have trouble peeing when you think other people may hear you? Shy bladder syndrome (SBS) affects as many as 20 million Americans. S

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Red eye ruining all your pictures? Red eye occurs when a camera captures light reflecting from the retina at the back of your subject's eye when a fla

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WHY IS ROOM TEMPERATURE COFFEE GROSSER THAN ICED OR HOT? Our taste buds respond differently at different temperatures. Coffee is naturally bitter, and

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APPROACHING A LANE-CLOSURE? ARE YOU FURIOUS AT THE SIGHT OF CARS SHOOTING PAST YOU IN THE OUTSIDE LANE WHILE YOU WAIT PATIENTLY IN LINE? WELL COOL YOU

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Does the sound of someone chewing send you into a blind rage? Misophonia may be the cause of your distress. Researchers found misophonia affects a par

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CRACKED.COM Got a few drops on your touchscreen? Can't answer that call or text? Your screen works by sensing a change in electrical capacity on its s

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We can spend the whole night watching Netflix but somehow get intensely sleepy at work, even though we have had enough sleep prior to clocking in. Acc

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MUCH WHY DOES IT HURT SO TO STUB A TOE? Located at the end of our longest limbs, our feet tend to part of faster than any move body whenever legs our

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THERE'S A REASON YOU CAN NEVER FIND YOUR KEYS. If you give no attention to something ... Like throwing your keys somewhere while you're bringing in gr

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