One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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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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Children's sense of smell is better than adults'.
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A couple had their wedding rings engraved with a waveform of their own voices saying "I do."
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The first man to swim the length of Great Britain grew a beard to stop jellyfish stinging his face.
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Women rate men more attractive if other women are looking and smiling at him.
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During an average lifetime, a man will spend 3,350 hours removing 8.4 meters of stubble.
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Every human spent about half an hour as a single cell.
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