Americans did not commonly use forks until after the Civil War.
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There are about 255 babies born worldwide every minute.
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In a year, the average person walks four miles to make his or her bed.
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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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On average, men's noses are 10% larger than women's.
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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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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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The average person will go on a date at least 100 times before they finally marry.
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