GEEKSTATS

Retirees lost 10% of their savings in 2022 fox29.com/money/retirees…

95% of the serotonin we produce is manufactured in the cells of our gut

The average vehicle is used only 4% of the time and parked the other 96%.

Pew: the median wealth of middle-class households has decreased by 28% from 2001 to 2013

2015: warmest year on record for the Arctic; over 50% of Greenland’s ice sheet melted in one year | NOAA/climate.gov

Perspective: 5% of the world lives in the little red blob; 5% lives in the blue; the other 90% lives in the white.

2013: US women's avg. age at first marriage now at 27.4, greater than avg. age at first birth = 26 | m.mentalfloss.com/article.php?id…

Survey: only 8% of Americans sleeping naked; 74% go to bed in pajamas | psychologytoday.com/blog/sleep-new…

Deleting genes could increase lifespan by 60% | telegraph.co.uk/news/science/s…

Study: Smarter people may be more prone to imbibe or alter the mind with illicit substances | ow.ly/26vgsT

Study: we're more creative when we're tired | ow.ly/qcEPw

Study: mistakes make us more likable (Pratfall Effect) | ow.ly/qcHrM

Hear a piece of information, and three days later you’ll remember 10% of it. Add a picture and you’ll remember 65% | ow.ly/qcG8T

Study: when pooping, we're meant to squat, not sit | ow.ly/qcICt ow.ly/i/3xsBf

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Study: vegetarians = 12% lower risk of death from any cause compared with non-vegetarians | ow.ly/q3ViR

Good news. Finally: US CO2 emissions drop to lowest levels in 18 years cir.ca/s/VBm

Survey: 61% of millenials (those aged 18-24) believe technology is making people less human | ow.ly/25H8Au

California Study: sugary beverage consumption down among young children (2-5), but rising among adolescents | ow.ly/25H7gx

Chart: food fads in the United States since 2007 (Wired) | ow.ly/pUCL1 ow.ly/i/3s3y8