40% of people who are rejected in romantic love slip into clinical depression.
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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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A chance of a woman having twins is increased after the age of 35. About 1 in 27 women will give birth to twins after this age. After 50 the chances of having twins is 1 in 9.
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Most people turn their music down in the car when finding a street sign to "see better".
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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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Thrity-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
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Americans did not commonly use forks until after the Civil War.
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A person swallows approximately 295 times while eating dinner.
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