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    Bad At Maths? You Could Have Math Anxiety
    People with poor mathematical skills aren't necessarily bad at math because they are 'ungifted'. There is a phenomena called 'Math Anxiety' that makes people perform worse, sometimes leading to math avoidance, which leads to lesser knowledge and consequently more math anxiety.
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    The average American/Canadian drinks about 600 sodas a year!
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    Valentine Tapley
    Valentine Tapley
    Valentine Tapley promised to never shave again if Abraham Lincoln was elected president. He died in 1910 with a 12-foot-long beard.
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    Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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    Amou Haji
    Amou Haji
    There's an Iranian man who hasn't washed for over 60 years and smokes animal faeces.
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    Up to the age of six or seven months a child can breathe and swallow at the same time. An adult cannot do this.
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    Americans did not commonly use forks until after the Civil War.
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    Sleeping on the job is acceptable in Japan. It is viewed as exhaustion from working hard. Some people fake it to look committed to their job.
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