Why do people sometimes forget what they came into a room to get or do, but remember it a couple of hours later completely unprompted?

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Why do people sometimes forget what they came into a room to get or do, but remember it a couple of hours later completely unprompted?

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I couldn’t remember my nieces name for a million dollar. 3 days later in the car i turned to my so and said. My niece her name is Veerle. There was absolutely zero reason to think about her or her name or my family in that moment but it popped up nonetheless. Crazy brain.