(Our happy hour fact to amaze your drinking buddy with.)

Risk taking is one of the ways men display their strength, confidence and ambition to potential mates.

In an effort to determine if there is an evolutionary reason why men are far more likely to participate in dangerous activities, social psychologists at Florida State University tested undergraduates' risk tolerance using blackjack. Before playing a series of rigged hands, male students were shown pictures of either attractive or unattractive female faces, and then asked how interested they were in finding new sex partners.

The males who saw the pretty faces, and who considered themselves on the prowl, were more likely to ask for a "hit" and risk going over 21 than those who saw the unappealing faces, or who weren't sexually motivated. When females were given the same test, there were no such discrepancies.

What a bummer. We always thought the buxom cocktail waitress smiling and offering us free drinks at the casino was acting out of goodwill.

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