08/03/2018
International Women’s Day 2018
Some facts to celebrate a special day
1 -The two highest IQ scores in recorded history belong to women.
2- Women speak about 20,000 words a day. That’s 13,000 more than the average man.
3 - Men lie on average six times a day
4 - Last year’s Wonder Woman was the first superhero film starring a female lead. It’s also the highest grossing film to have been directed by a woman.
5 - Women are safer drivers than men. They are involved in fewer road accidents and have fewer penalty points on their license. Some 57% of male drivers have been involved in at least one accident compared to 44% of women, according to carrentals.co.uk.
6 - On average, women live two to five years longer than men, a fact which holds true in every country in the world. This isn’t limited to human beings. Female orangutans and chimpanzees also outlive their male counterparts.
7 - Girls’ brains generally mature two years earlier than those of boys.
8- In Russia there are nine million more women than men.
9 - Women tolerate pain better than men. An episode of the show Myth Busters showed that women can hold their hands in freezing water 19% longer than those crybaby men.
10 - Women make better leaders than men. Research has concluded that female-led companies are more successful than ones led by males. A poll found that the public agrees – women make fairer, more compassionate and more trustworthy leaders than men do. A Canadian study also concluded that women make better doctors. It said female medics are much more likely than men to adhere to guidelines and to prescribe the right drugs.