A third of the human population sneezes when they look at the Sun. Light can signal the ocular nerve near the sinuses and triggers a sneeze.
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It took 200,000 years for humans to reach 3 billion in number. It took 40 years for the next 3 billion.
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Nearly half of the entire world's adult population has never drunk alcohol.
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Only about 2% of the world population has green eyes.
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If the population of China walked past you, in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
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Although African-Americans make up only 13% of the U.S. population, they accounted for one half of the estimated new HIV/AIDS diagnoses in 2004.
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About two hundred babies are born worldwide every minute.
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