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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About 3000 years ago, most Egyptians died by the time they were 30!
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Americans will spend more on cat food this year than baby food.
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Approximately 141 million Valentine's Day cards are exchanged worldwide every year.
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Approximately 365 million people in the world have computers while half of the world's 6.5 billion population has never seen or used a telephone.
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The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
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Yu Youzhen, a Chinese millionaire, works as a street sweeper for the sanitation department to set an example for her children.
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Babies that are breastfed are more likely to be slimmer as adults than those that are not breastfed.
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