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Today on something you should know, just how dangerous are women's shoes. Then the surprising ways data can help you make better choices, like finding a mate, being happy or getting rich.

They analyzed all the data, basically everybody rich in the United States of America, and they concluded that the typical rich American is the owner of a regional business such as an auto dealership or beverage distribution company.

That kind of shocked me from multiple reasons.

Also, how working too much can make you boring and forgetful, and a discussion that will change the way you see weather and nature, like trees.

So if you look at a tree from all directions, you will round one. You'll very quickly realize that there's no such thing as a symmetrical tree. And on average, there's just more tree. There are bigger branches and more branches and more leaves on the southern side.

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Something you should know. Fascinating intel. The world's top experts and practical advice you can use in your life today. Something you should know with Mike Karothers.

Hi, I'm one of those people that doesn't really like wearing shoes all that much around the house. I pretty much wear socks and I'll admit that I'm not wearing shoes right now.

And I may be on to something because wearing shoes can be dangerous, especially high heels. In fact, in one survey over half the female population in the US say they have been injured as a result of wearing high heels.

And according to data from the Consumer Product Safety Commission's National Electronic Injury Surveillance System, there have actually been injuries associated with wearing high heels that resulted in trips to the emergency room.

In fact, between 2002 and 2012, there were 123,355 high heel-related injuries seen in the emergency room during that period. That's about 12,000 a year.

And it was people between the ages of 20 and 29 who were most likely to suffer an injury. Now some historians suggest that high heels have been around for nearly 300 years.

And medical professionals have been warning about the dangers of high heels for roughly the same amount of time.

60% of women claim to regret at least one purchase of shoes, most women only wear four pairs of shoes regularly, and 25% of their shoe collection have only been worn once. And that is something you should know.

You make a lot of big decisions in your life based solely on your gut. What feels right? Mostly because there really isn't much else to go on. So you use your own judgment to decide things like who to date, who to marry, what career path to follow, figuring out what makes you happy, how to be a good parent.

But what if there was some objective data on these topics that could really help you make better choices? Well, there is, according to economist and former Google Data Scientist, Seth Stevens-Dividowitz,

he's author of a book called Don't Trust Your Gut using data to get what you really want in life. Hi, David. Welcome to something you should know.

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