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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Men laugh longer, louder, and more often than women.
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2% of Europeans lack the genes for smelly armpits.
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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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2,500 newborn babies will be dropped in the next month.
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Every human spent about half an hour as a single cell.
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About 2/3 of American men prefer boxers to briefs.
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