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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People in parts of Western China put salt in their tea instead of sugar.
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Men fall in love faster than women do.
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Babies that are breastfed are more likely to be slimmer as adults than those that are not breastfed.
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Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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Studies show that financially stable men prefer smaller breasts.
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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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If Earth's life was compressed into 1 year, then humans would have been around for only 2 seconds.
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