I wonder how many cooks over the course of history were accidentally convicted of poisoning before people realised that food allergies and anaphylactic shock were a thing?
I used to be lucky to download a few songs overnight on my computer and now I get upset if I can't automatically stream HD movies on my phone right away.
In TV murder mysteries, why does a killer who's about to kill someone by means of an injection always find it necessary to flick the syringe to eliminate any 'harmful' bubbles beforehand?
I can sit through 15 minutes of previews before watching a movie in a theater, but if a 15 second preview comes on before a YouTube video it seem like an eternity before the skip button comes up.
Voldemort was 71 when he died and the average life span in the the UK is 80 years, so had Voldemort not searched for eternal life he probably would have actually lived longer.
It's pretty rare to use an entire pen without losing it first. On the other hand, It's pretty common to find a pen already out of ink, so it's a paradox in a way.