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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Over 50% of lottery players go back to work after winning the jackpot.
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Children laugh about 400 times a day, while adults laugh on average only 15 times a day.
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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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During your lifetime, you'll eat about 60,000 pounds of food, that's the weight of about 6 elephants!
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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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Men laugh longer, louder, and more often than women.
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People who have a strong friendship possess the ability to communicate with one another through facial expressions.
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