25 interesting facts #14
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Obesity accelerates hair thinning (Morinaga et al. 2021)
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U.S. policymakers did not have compelling evidence that the threat of a Communist takeover was increasing substantially in the months before the coup d’état in Iran in August 1953 (Gasiorowski 2019)
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More than 60 percent of Danish Ministers and Permanent Secretaries end up in a private sector job (Rasmussen et al. 2021)
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Access to scientific data promotes diversity of scientific research (Nagaraj et al. 2020)
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Partisans show a limited ability to simulate their opponents’ political perspective (Yeomans 2021)
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Chills music tracks are sadder, slower, less intense, and more instrumental (de Fleurian and Pearce 2021)
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People have a bias for decisions that move romantic relationships toward commitment rather than dissolution (Joel and MacDonald 2021)
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Broad multicultural experiences help leaders lead more effectively (Lu et al. 2021)
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Immigration causes short-term anti-immigration sentiments but there is a longer-run process of habituation that cancels out the backlash effect (Claassen and McLaren 2021)
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One reason why people believe conspiracy theories is because they find them entertaining (van Prooijen et al. 2021)
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Of the 69 rulers of the unified Roman Empire, 62% suffered violent death (Saleh 2019)
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There is a strong direct link between body mass and social behaviour in pigeon dominance hierarchies (Portugal et al. 2020)
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For most people, friends-first initiation is a prevalent and preferred method of romantic relationship (Stinson et al. 2021)
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In Spain, environmental impact of bottled water is at least 1400 higher than tap water (Villanueva et al. 2021)
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People often fail to interpret extreme rainfall or flooding as due to global warming (Marlon et al. 2021)
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Dogs fail to reciprocate the receipt of food from a human (McGetrick et al. 2021)
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Conscientiousness accounts for 28% of the variance in academic performance (Mammadov 2021)
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High conspiracy belief is associated with low critical thinking ability (Lantian et al. 2021)
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Nearly 20% of Americans say they would sell their vote for $100 (Gans-Morse and Nichter 2021)
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The repetition of a statement increases the perceived truth of the statement (Dechêne et al. 2010)
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In municipalities where the Spanish Inquisition persecuted more citizens, trust is lower today (Drelichman et al. 2021)
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People are biased toward zero-sum thinking (Johnson et al. 2021)
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Increases in pain in recessions are borne predominantly by women (Macchia and Oswald 2021)
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Male rape is rarely reported and frequently minimized (DiMarco et al. 2021)
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Elephants have a lower-than-expected rate of cancer (Abegglen et al. 2015)