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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Dolly Dimples, a 555 lbs. woman, lost 443 lbs in one year by eating nothing but baby food.
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City dwellers have longer, thicker, denser nose hairs than country folks do.
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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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Men fall in love faster than women do.
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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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