This week I learned that multitasking is actually making you less productive, and more
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Read this story without distraction (can you?) (The New York Times)
Beneath an ugly outside, marred fruit may pack more nutrition (NPR)
Layla in real life: 10 songs written about Pattie Boyd (Mental Floss)
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