‘Old people smell’ is actually caused by a chemical, 2-nonenal, that old people secrete through their skin
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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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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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40% of people who are rejected in romantic love slip into clinical depression.
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On average, a human being will have sex more than 3,000 times and spend two weeks kissing in their lifetime.
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Dutch, on average are the tallest people.
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Females learn to talk earlier, use sentences earlier, and learn to read more quickly than males.
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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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