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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‘Old people smell’ is actually caused by a chemical, 2-nonenal, that old people secrete through their skin
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The average American consumes 9 pounds of food additives every year.
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One in 500 humans has one blue eye and one brown eye.
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Chen Guanming, from Jiangsu province in eastern China, traveled by RICKSHAW for 2 years and covered nearly 40,000 miles through 16 countries, surviving flood, war zones and extreme temperatures, finally arriving at the London 2012 Olympics.
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As a rule, 66 percent of people keep their eyes closed while kissing. The rest take pleasure in watching the emotions run the gamut on the faces of their partners.
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You will experience the billionth second of your life when you are 31 years old.
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