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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Englishmen drink more tea than any person of any other nation (over twenty times more than Americans)
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People in parts of Western China put salt in their tea instead of sugar.
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Muhammad is the most common name in the world.
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Every workday, 6.7 million people commute to Manhattan!
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Approximately 70,000 people in the U.S. are both blind and deaf!
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