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 offspring of two sets of identical twins are legally cousins but genetically siblings.
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Up to the age of six or seven months a child can breathe and swallow at the same time. An adult cannot do this.
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During an average lifetime, a man will spend 3,350 hours removing 8.4 meters of stubble.
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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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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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‘Old people smell’ is actually caused by a chemical, 2-nonenal, that old people secrete through their skin
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The first man to swim the length of Great Britain grew a beard to stop jellyfish stinging his face.
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