Every human spent about half an hour as a single cell.
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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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Women mature much faster than men.
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Only 10-20% of the population can wiggle their ears and raise one eyebrow.
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People in parts of Western China put salt in their tea instead of sugar.
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According to CNN national security correspondent David Ensore, as of 2002 bin Laden had married four women and fathered roughly 25 or 26 children.
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In one day an average person will take about 18,000 steps.
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Sleeping on the job is acceptable in Japan. It is viewed as exhaustion from working hard. Some people fake it to look committed to their job.
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