Awarding people money for doing well in IQ tests causes them to score better, $10 increased people's score by an average of more than 20 IQ points. IQ tests don’t just measure intelligence - they also measure effort.
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There is a town in Pennsylvania named Intercourse.
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Nokia was once famous as a manufacturer of toilet paper.
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There is a 600 year old 240 paged book called the Voynich Manuscript, that’s written language is still completely unknown today.
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An average heart beats 100,000 times a day, pumping some 2,000 gallons of blood through its chambers. Over a 70-year life span, that adds up to more than 2.5 billion heartbeats.
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The 1 yen coin can be used as a weight, because it weighs exactly one gram. Also, it can float on water.
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Cats sleep for 70% of their lives.
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