During an average lifetime, a man will spend 3,350 hours removing 8.4 meters of stubble.
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Yu Youzhen, a Chinese millionaire, works as a street sweeper for the sanitation department to set an example for her children.
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Americans collectively eat one hundred pounds of chocolate every second.
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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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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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In 2005, 25 percent of Americans over the age of 50 played video games, an increase from nine percent in 1999.
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