A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for approximately sixty-nine years.
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A chance of a woman having twins is increased after the age of 35. About 1 in 27 women will give birth to twins after this age. After 50 the chances of having twins is 1 in 9.
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The name "Wendy" was made up for the book Peter Pan!
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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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Studies suggest that people who appear to be constantly distracted have more "working memory" and "sharper brains".
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There's an isolated tribe in Zimbabwe where the people have only two toes, dubbed the 'ostrich people'.
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The average person in their lifetime will spend an estimated 20,160 minutes kissing!
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If a native Hawaiian woman places the flower on her right ear, she is available. (The bigger the flower, the more desperate!)
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