Approximately 4 to 5% of the U.S. population has one or more clinically significant phobias in a given year. Specific phobias occur in people of all ages. The average age of onset for social phobia is between 15 and 20 years of age, although it can often begin in childhood.
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Sleeping on the job is acceptable in Japan. It is viewed as exhaustion from working hard. Some people fake it to look committed to their job.
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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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Most of the world's people must walk at least 3 hours to fetch water!
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Approximately 70,000 people in the U.S. are both blind and deaf!
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Yawns are more contagious among people with closer relationships.
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You share your birthday with at least 9 other million people in the world.
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It is estimated that at any one time, 0.7% of the world's population are drunk.
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