People who are more likeable and attractive are generally perceived as more intelligent. This is called the “Halo Effect.”
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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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Senegalese women spend an average of 17.5 hours a week just collecting water.
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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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Malaysians protect their babies from disease by bathing them in beer.
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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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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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Males sweat 40% more than females.
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