Up to the age of six or seven months a child can breathe and swallow at the same time. An adult cannot do this.
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In a lifetime, an average person walks the equivalent of 5 equators
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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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The world's tallest man reached 8 feet 11 inches at 21.
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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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The average housewife walks 10 miles a day around the house doing her chores.
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Every three seconds, a new baby is born.
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