‘Old people smell’ is actually caused by a chemical, 2-nonenal, that old people secrete through their skin
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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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The leading cause of poisoning for children under the age of six in the home is liquid dish soap.
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People are more likely to tilt their heads to the right when kissing instead of the left (65 percent of people go to the right!)
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More boys than girls are born during the day; more girls are born at night.
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A person swallows approximately 295 times while eating dinner.
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People with light eye colors (like blue, green or grey) have a higher alcohol tolerance.
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Forty percent of Americans have never visited a dentist.
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