The average American consumes 9 pounds of food additives every year.
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In 75% of American households, women manage the money and pay the bills.
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Babies' eyes do not produce tears until the baby is approximately six to eight weeks old.
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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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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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Only 10-20% of the population can wiggle their ears and raise one eyebrow.
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On average a woman has 4 sexual partners in her lifetime.
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Karl Pillemer, a professor, performed a study on thousands of elderly people and what advice they had about life. On happiness, there was a consensus: “the elders viewed happiness as a choice, not the result of how life treats you.”
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