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We make personalized books packed full of curious facts about the year and day someone was born. In that fashion, we love learning curious facts about the world and the people/animals that live (and have lived) in it.

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Editor’s note: One incorrect fact was removed from the list and two were clarified with additional information.

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Jonathon Smith
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They benefit from high altitude, a culture which values good runners and an unusually high percentage of their muscle mass is posture muscle (endurance) rather than twitch (strength). Funnily on the west coast of Africa (the ultimate origin of many Jamaicans) the twitch/posture ratio is reversed, which makes for very good sprinters and other sports requiring explosive power.

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Daria B
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

IQ tests are flawed, though. They only adapt to one type of affinities. They're inventing various kinds of IQ tests and IQ groups because of that. And exploring various kinds of ways to measure intelligence.

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Leodavinci
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That changed a long time ago... for reasons you cited. Modern IQ tests measure the ability to find solutions to conceptual problems. Problems that don't have cultural references.

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Falcon
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's not the size that matters it's how you use it....... 😏

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Anna Repp
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I know a certain individual who always boasts about his IQ (but never mentions the number, mind you.) I knew he was a loser, not a stable genius.

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Crochet lady
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We had our identical twins tested at the age of 8 because they were diagnosed With Asperger's and one scored 136 and the other 137 and we won't tell the which scored higher. They are in their 20's now and it drives them nuts!

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Wiggity
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The first 4 words of that quote have been omitted here: "I have no idea."

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Bob Beltcher
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

IQ is not a measurement of intelligence, it's a measurement of how quick you can adapt and figure something out. It's complex reasoning. This is why people with large differences in IQ's view the same problem differently. Both people can solve the problem, it may just be in a different way and take longer for some.

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SirWriteALot
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's like rich people saying money doesn't matter. It matters to those who are not rich.

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Natasha Forchione
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think the same of people that brag about how nice they are, they aren't

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Zelda Blue
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I want to know if people with a high IQ are they more book smart or common sense smart?

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Pamela Blue
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Neither. IQ truly means nothing except in 1st world countries where education is higher (supposedly). A person writing an IQ test in the US would get a totally different result from a person in the 3rd world, who never saw a school. YET - they could be equally intelligent. High IQs only mean you are good at doing IQ tests.

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Kaisu
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When Jesus was alive, the Stonehenge was already a ruin. It's sometimes hard to grasp where everything is in relation to each other on the historical timeline

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Daria B
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends. Make it last 7 years - friendship never eeeeeehends" ♬♪

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Felix Feline
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Australia's diameter is 600km wider than the moon's. The moon sits at 3400km in diameter, while Australia's diameter from east to west is almost 4000km.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A good stance, but difficult to execute due to pressure from the school and classmates, I would assume.

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Kaisu
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Older people should take like Internet safety classes to prevent this from happening.

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Lenka Smetanová
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I once saw a document about sloths. One of them fell in the water, where an aligator was. But He manage to swim away *mindblow*!!!!

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Her great line on SNL: “If I ever wanted get in touch with old friends, I’d have to use a Ouija board.”

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Kaisu
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In Finland we used to watch a Disney cartoon on Christmas Eve too! At least when I was a kid, don't know about kids today

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well that may be, plus cacao’s theobromine (an alkaloid similar to caffeine), but who the hell drinks three cups of pure dark chocolate a day anyway?

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