A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for approximately sixty-nine years.
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A chance of a woman having twins is increased after the age of 35. About 1 in 27 women will give birth to twins after this age. After 50 the chances of having twins is 1 in 9.
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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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It took 200,000 years for humans to reach 3 billion in number. It took 40 years for the next 3 billion.
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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 a lifetime, an average person walks the equivalent of 5 equators
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About 2/3 of American men prefer boxers to briefs.
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