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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Just one in three consumers pays off his or her credit card bill every month.
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Women who are romance novel readers are reported to make love 74% more often with their partners than women who do not read romance novels.
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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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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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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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A person swallows approximately 295 times while eating dinner.
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