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Fully 16% of Americans believe in the “evil eye” or that certain people can cast curses or spells that cause bad things to happen to someone.

Nearly one-in-five Americans say they have seen or been in the presence of ghosts.

About half of the U.S. public says they have had a religious or mystical experience.

About one-third of the countries in the world — 64 nations — have high or very high restrictions on religion.

15% of cell-owning teens ages 12-17 say they have received sexually suggestive nude or nearly nude images of someone they know via text messaging.

17% of teens who pay for all of the costs associated with their cell phones send sexually suggestive images via text.

By roughly two-to-one, more say they have a generally negative rather than a generally positive impression of the 2000s.

As Americans begin a new year, nearly six-in-ten say this decade will be better than the last 10 years.