Children's sense of smell is better than adults'.
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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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The name "Wendy" was made up for the book Peter Pan!
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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 “cheerleader effect”, the theory that girls look more attractive in groups, is scientifically proven.
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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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