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    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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    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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    90% of people sit at their computer desk slouching, supporting their head with their left hand.
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    The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
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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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    Uncontacted Tribe
    Uncontacted Tribe
    The Sentinelese are a people who live on a tiny island in the Indian Ocean called North Sentinel Island. For thousands of years, they have refused all contact with the outside world. Using only stones and arrows, they have successfully repelled all invaders and remain one of the last uncontacted tribes in the world.
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    Babies' eyes do not produce tears until the baby is approximately six to eight weeks old.
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    Over 98 percent of Japanese people are cremated after they die.
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