Chen Guanming, from Jiangsu province in eastern China, traveled by RICKSHAW for 2 years and covered nearly 40,000 miles through 16 countries, surviving flood, war zones and extreme temperatures, finally arriving at the London 2012 Olympics.
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Americans did not commonly use forks until after the Civil War.
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‘Old people smell’ is actually caused by a chemical, 2-nonenal, that old people secrete through their skin
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In Korea, a child’s first birthday is the most important. In one part of the celebration, several items are placed on a table. The one that the baby picks up first is said to predict their future.
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Americans collectively eat one hundred pounds of chocolate every second.
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Boys who have unusual first names are more likely to have mental problems than boys with conventional names. Girls don't seem to have this problem.
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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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