Approximately 4 to 5% of the U.S. population has one or more clinically significant phobias in a given year. Specific phobias occur in people of all ages. The average age of onset for social phobia is between 15 and 20 years of age, although it can often begin in childhood.
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A person swallows approximately 295 times while eating dinner.
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Over 98 percent of Japanese people are cremated after they die.
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Sociologists have found the worse the economy, the longer the women's skirts are and the better economy, the shorter the skirt.
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In the presence of attractive women, men find running easier, take more risks, donate more money, consume more calories, and talk more.
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As many as one third Americans flush the toilet while they are still on it.
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A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for approximately sixty-nine years.
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