Awarding people money for doing well in IQ tests causes them to score better, $10 increased people's score by an average of more than 20 IQ points. IQ tests don’t just measure intelligence - they also measure effort.
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It is estimated that at any one time, 0.7% of the world's population are drunk.
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If Earth's life was compressed into 1 year, then humans would have been around for only 2 seconds.
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The average American spends a third of their overall time online playing games and using social networks.
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Studies suggest that people who appear to be constantly distracted have more "working memory" and "sharper brains".
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The average single man is one inch shorter than the average married man.
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In Haiti, only 1 out of every 200 people own a car.
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