In 2005, 25 percent of Americans over the age of 50 played video games, an increase from nine percent in 1999.
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Humans are capable of running 40 mph according to a study by bio-mechanical expert Dr. Matthew Bundle. Today's fastest man, Usain Bolt, has a top speed of 28 mph.
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The world's tallest man reached 8 feet 11 inches at 21.
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90 percent of women who walk into a department store immediately turn to the right.
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Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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Approximately 70,000 people in the U.S. are both blind and deaf!
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Karl Pillemer, a professor, performed a study on thousands of elderly people and what advice they had about life. On happiness, there was a consensus: “the elders viewed happiness as a choice, not the result of how life treats you.”
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In the presence of attractive women, men find running easier, take more risks, donate more money, consume more calories, and talk more.
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