Approximately 4 to 5% of the U.S. population has one or more clinically significant phobias in a given year. Specific phobias occur in people of all ages. The average age of onset for social phobia is between 15 and 20 years of age, although it can often begin in childhood.
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The first man to swim the length of Great Britain grew a beard to stop jellyfish stinging his face.
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Indian housewives hold 11% of the World’s gold. That is more than the reserves of USA, IMF, Switzerland and Germany put together.
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Approximately 141 million Valentine's Day cards are exchanged worldwide every year.
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There are actually seven different types of twins: Identical, Fraternal, Mirror-Image, Polar Body (Half Identical), Mixed Chromosome, Superfecundation, and Superfetation.
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Women who read romance novels have sex twice as often as those who don't.
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Children laugh about 400 times a day, while adults laugh on average only 15 times a day.
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