Roughly a quarter of the world's people live in China.
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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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15 percent of Americans secretly bite their toes.
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People who are more likeable and attractive are generally perceived as more intelligent. This is called the “Halo Effect.”
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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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Every three seconds, a new baby is born.
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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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