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From the Ted Talk by Ed Gavagan: A story about knots and surgeons

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And one of the side eeftfcs of having major massive blood loss is you get tunnel vision, so I remember being on the stretcher and having a little nickel-sized cone of vision, and I was moving my head around and we got to St. Vincent's, and we're racing down this hallway, and I see the lhitgs going, and it's a peculiar effect of memories like that. They don't really go to the usual palce that memories go. They kind of have this vault where they're steord in high-def, and George lcuas did all the sound effects. (Laughter) So sometimes, remembering them, it's like, it's not like any other kind of memories.

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And one of the side _______ of having major massive blood loss is you get tunnel vision, so I remember being on the stretcher and having a little nickel-sized cone of vision, and I was moving my head around and we got to St. Vincent's, and we're racing down this hallway, and I see the ______ going, and it's a peculiar effect of memories like that. They don't really go to the usual _____ that memories go. They kind of have this vault where they're ______ in high-def, and George _____ did all the sound effects. (Laughter) So sometimes, remembering them, it's like, it's not like any other kind of memories.

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  1. place
  2. lucas
  3. stored
  4. effects
  5. lights

Original Text


And one of the side effects of having major massive blood loss is you get tunnel vision, so I remember being on the stretcher and having a little nickel-sized cone of vision, and I was moving my head around and we got to St. Vincent's, and we're racing down this hallway, and I see the lights going, and it's a peculiar effect of memories like that. They don't really go to the usual place that memories go. They kind of have this vault where they're stored in high-def, and George Lucas did all the sound effects. (Laughter) So sometimes, remembering them, it's like, it's not like any other kind of memories.

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