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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15 percent of Americans secretly bite their toes.
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Most of the world's people must walk at least 3 hours to fetch water!
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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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Every workday, 6.7 million people commute to Manhattan!
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The Japanese, on average, are the shortest people.
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Just one in three consumers pays off his or her credit card bill every month.
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Sleeping on the job is acceptable in Japan. It is viewed as exhaustion from working hard. Some people fake it to look committed to their job.
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