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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Over 98 percent of Japanese people are cremated after they die.
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The Japanese commonly put ketchup on their rice.
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As many as one third Americans flush the toilet while they are still on it.
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Only 2% of the Earth's population are natural redheads.
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Babies' eyes do not produce tears until the baby is approximately six to eight weeks old.
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40% of people who are rejected in romantic love slip into clinical depression.
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Studies show that the risk of a “secret love” being revealed heightens romantic feelings for the partners, thanks to increased levels of phenylethylamine (PEA).
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