The first man to swim the length of Great Britain grew a beard to stop jellyfish stinging his face.
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Americans did not commonly use forks until after the Civil War.
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If Earth's life was compressed into 1 year, then humans would have been around for only 2 seconds.
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City dwellers have longer, thicker, denser nose hairs than country folks do.
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Humans blink over 10,000,000 times a year!
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91% of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving.
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In 2005, 25 percent of Americans over the age of 50 played video games, an increase from nine percent in 1999.
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Studies show that the risk of a “secret love” being revealed heightens romantic feelings for the partners, thanks to increased levels of phenylethylamine (PEA).
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