According to a study, women ages 22 to 30 with no children and no spouse earned a higher median income than comparable men in 39 of the 50 largest U.S. cities in 2008.
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Infants spend more time dreaming than adults do.
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Awarding people money for doing well in IQ tests causes them to score better, $10 increased people's score by an average of more than 20 IQ points. IQ tests don’t just measure intelligence - they also measure effort.
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It took 200,000 years for humans to reach 3 billion in number. It took 40 years for the next 3 billion.
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Every workday, 6.7 million people commute to Manhattan!
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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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The first man to swim the length of Great Britain grew a beard to stop jellyfish stinging his face.
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Women who play video games tend to have more sex and be happier with their relationships than those who don’t.
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