Karl Pillemer, a professor, performed a study on thousands of elderly people and what advice they had about life. On happiness, there was a consensus: “the elders viewed happiness as a choice, not the result of how life treats you.”
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You share your birthday with at least 9 other million people in the world.
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Babies' eyes do not produce tears until the baby is approximately six to eight weeks old.
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Approximately 365 million people in the world have computers while half of the world's 6.5 billion population has never seen or used a telephone.
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People in parts of Western China put salt in their tea instead of sugar.
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Females learn to talk earlier, use sentences earlier, and learn to read more quickly than males.
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40% of people who are rejected in romantic love slip into clinical depression.
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