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Tamil Nadu Board of Secondary EducationHSC Science Class 11

What made people wonder about the absentmindedness of their fellowbeings?

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What made people wonder about the absentmindedness of their fellowbeings?

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The publication of articles lost by train travellers astonished many readers. Old people did not forget much. In fact, young men have forgotten bats and balls on their return from matches.

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Chapter 3.1: Forgetting - Exercises [Page 71]

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