Gary Kremen, founder of match.com, lost his girlfriend to a man she met on match.com.
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More books are written, published and sold per person per year in Iceland than anywhere else on the planet. One in ten Icelanders will become a published author in their lifetime.
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The average person eats almost 1500 pounds of food a year.
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Korean Okhwan Yoon left behind a profitable business to cycle the world in aid of world peace. For over 9 years, he has biked across 192 countries on six continents, and has survived 6 car accidents, malaria, extreme temperatures, robbery, and kidnapping.
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‘Old people smell’ is actually caused by a chemical, 2-nonenal, that old people secrete through their skin
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Two in five people in the world marry their first love.
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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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