25 interesting facts #11
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Democratization is associated with more deforestation (Sanford 2021)
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Since the 1950s, there has been a moral aversion to using water as a weapon in armed conflicts (Grech-Madin 2021)
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People with disagreeable personalities do not have an advantage in pursuing power at work (Anderson et al. 2020)
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Overconfidence in news judgments is associated with false news susceptibility (Lyons et al. 2021)
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The correlation between social media use and negative outcomes (such as loneliness) is small (Appel et al. 2020)
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Brexit increased consumer prices by 2.9 percent, costing the average household £870 per year (Breinlich et al. 2021)
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Users contribute to Stack Overflow as a way to improve future employment prospects (Xu et al. 2020)
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People with low self-esteem and a weaker sense of control over their fates are more likely to blame the political system for the challenges they face in their lives (Baird and Wolak 2021)
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Between the fifth and ninth centuries CE, Korea and Japan peacefully developed state institutions through emulation and learning from China (Huang and Kang 2021)
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The proportion of employees describing their jobs as useless is low and declining (Soffia et al. 2021)
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People are more likely to attribute moral standing to beautiful animals (Klebl et al. 2021)
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Wolves make roadways safer because they reduce deer–vehicle collisions (Raynor et al. 2021)
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Marijuana use is not a reliable gateway cause of illicit drug use (Jorgensen and Wells 2021)
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Push polls increase false memories for fake news stories (Murphy et al. 2021)
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World Bank project aid targets richer parts of countries (Briggs 2021)
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Most people, if given the opportunity, would not want to know about upcoming negative events (Gigerenzer and Garcia-Retamero 2017)
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There is substantial evidence on the negative impact of climate change on the planet (Hausfather et al. 2020, Im et al. 2017, Kulp and Strauss 2019, Mora et al. 2017)
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The George Floyd protests decreased favorability toward the police (Reny and Newman 2021)
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In Venezuela, the economic consequences of the Chavez administration were bleak (Grier and Maynard 2016)
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Since the 1980s, the global twinning rate has increased by a third (Monden et al. 2021)
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Some people are attracted sexually to intelligence (Gignac et al. 2018)
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Luxury consumption can be a profitable social strategy (Nelissen and Meijers 2011)
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Our daily mobility is characterized by a deep-rooted regularity (Song et al. 2010)
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Men and women candidates are similarly persistent after losing elections (Bernhard and de Benedictis-Kessner 2021)
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Public attitudes toward immigration in Europe become more negative closer to elections (Dekeyser and Freedman 2021)