People who are more likeable and attractive are generally perceived as more intelligent. This is called the “Halo Effect.”
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Malaysians protect their babies from disease by bathing them in beer.
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The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
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Women who are romance novel readers are reported to make love 74% more often with their partners than women who do not read romance novels.
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Many people in parts of China eat insects. Some common insects are bean worms, scoprions, and locusts.
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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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There's an isolated tribe in Zimbabwe where the people have only two toes, dubbed the 'ostrich people'.
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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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