Studies suggest that people who appear to be constantly distracted have more "working memory" and "sharper brains".
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Boys who have unusual first names are more likely to have mental problems than boys with conventional names. Girls don't seem to have this problem.
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Men laugh longer, louder, and more often than women.
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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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Females learn to talk earlier, use sentences earlier, and learn to read more quickly than males.
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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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You will experience the billionth second of your life when you are 31 years old.
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On average, men's noses are 10% larger than women's.
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