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.”
13
The name "Wendy" was made up for the book Peter Pan!
142
Blonde hair is not exclusive to Europeans. Melanesians of the south Pacific evolved a different gene for blonde hair.
7
Just one in three consumers pays off his or her credit card bill every month.
27
90% of people sit at their computer desk slouching, supporting their head with their left hand.
41
Sociologists have found the worse the economy, the longer the women's skirts are and the better economy, the shorter the skirt.
223
Men laugh longer, louder, and more often than women.
61
8 out of 10 people think that the first kiss indicates how the rest of the relationship will be.
212