There are about 255 babies born worldwide every minute.
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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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Women who are romance novel readers are reported to make love 74% more often with their partners than women who do not read romance novels.
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Many people in parts of China eat insects. Some common insects are bean worms, scoprions, and locusts.
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Men are more attracted to women whose bone structure is similar to their own mothers. It's called "sexual imprinting".
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Senegalese women spend an average of 17.5 hours a week just collecting water.
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As a rule, 66 percent of people keep their eyes closed while kissing. The rest take pleasure in watching the emotions run the gamut on the faces of their partners.
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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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