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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Blonde hair is not exclusive to Europeans. Melanesians of the south Pacific evolved a different gene for blonde hair.
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40% of people who are rejected in romantic love slip into clinical depression.
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About 2/3 of American men prefer boxers to briefs.
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‘Old people smell’ is actually caused by a chemical, 2-nonenal, that old people secrete through their skin
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The leading cause of poisoning for children under the age of six in the home is liquid dish soap.
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