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40
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The percentage of productivity loss (40%) experienced by those who are regularly interrupted.

4.5 Billion
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The half-life of Uranium-238 is 4.5 billion years but the half-life of Uranium-228 is one-fifth of a second.

50
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The percent of redundancy (50%) in the English language.

1976
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In this year (1976), the scientist, Richard Dawkins, proposed the term "meme" as a "cultural equivalent to the gene."

1706
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The year (1706) Benjamin Franklin was born.
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