Chen Guanming, from Jiangsu province in eastern China, traveled by RICKSHAW for 2 years and covered nearly 40,000 miles through 16 countries, surviving flood, war zones and extreme temperatures, finally arriving at the London 2012 Olympics.
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In Korea, a child’s first birthday is the most important. In one part of the celebration, several items are placed on a table. The one that the baby picks up first is said to predict their future.
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Thrity-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
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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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One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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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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There are about 255 babies born worldwide every minute.
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