A recent study found that the risk of peanut allergies drops by 77% if peanuts are introduced into a baby's diet between 5 and 6 months of age.

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Robbie Williams' 2006 album Rudebox underperformed so badly that one million unsold copies were sold to a Chinese company to be recycled into road paving material.

In the US, there is a 1 in 93 chance of dying in a motor vehicle crash during your lifetime. Not wearing a seatbelt is attributed to 50% of these fatalities.

South Korea's birth rate is so low that the government is offering couples up to 51 million won (approximately $38,600) in incentives to date, marry, and start a family.

People tend to overindulge when given a free pass, a behaviour known as the SnackWell Effect, named after low-fat cookies people often overeat. Similarly, low-energy light bulbs are often left on longer.

There are more ethnic Norwegians living in the USA than in Norway.

Egg yolk colour preferences vary regionally. For example, Germans generally prefer darker yolks than UK consumers. Large-scale producers adjust yolk colour through feed to suit each market.

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