The first man to swim the length of Great Britain grew a beard to stop jellyfish stinging his face.
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A study had men report their own penis size, and the average was found to be 6.1-6.5 inches. A subsequent clinical study actually measured penises, and found the average size to be 5.1-5.7 inches.
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The Japanese, on average, are the shortest people.
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47% of people have a nightmare at least once a month.
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Roughly a quarter of the world's people live in China.
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Women mature much faster than men.
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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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Studies suggest that people who appear to be constantly distracted have more "working memory" and "sharper brains".
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