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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Identical twins do not have identical fingerprints.
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Most of us have microscopic, worm like mites named Demodex that live in our eyelashes and have claws and a mouth.
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Children grow faster in the springtime than any other season during the year.
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In 2005, 25 percent of Americans over the age of 50 played video games, an increase from nine percent in 1999.
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One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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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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‘Old people smell’ is actually caused by a chemical, 2-nonenal, that old people secrete through their skin
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