For Borg's experiment maybe do the 15 min intervals at the top of each hour?

All I know is that I hadnt had a mushroom or collectable for about 20 min. , dropped one of my kids on the purple leaf and voila, a mushroom, starfish, butterfly, back to back. *shrug* Probably coincidence but it was kinda cool. Dont think I'll use it unless it's in a pinch.

And is it cheating if you found this out accidently??? I dont think so, most of the game is solving puzzles by random placement and observation.