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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Eskimos don't gamble.
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Indian housewives hold 11% of the World’s gold. That is more than the reserves of USA, IMF, Switzerland and Germany put together.
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Senegalese women spend an average of 17.5 hours a week just collecting water.
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Half of all Americans over the age of 55 have no teeth.
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In a lifetime, an average person walks the equivalent of 5 equators
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People in parts of Western China put salt in their tea instead of sugar.
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