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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In Haiti, only 1 out of every 200 people own a car.
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Approximately 4 to 5% of the U.S. population has one or more clinically significant phobias in a given year. Specific phobias occur in people of all ages. The average age of onset for social phobia is between 15 and 20 years of age, although it can often begin in childhood.
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The world's shortest man measures only 21.5 inches.
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In a lifetime, an average person walks the equivalent of 5 equators
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People with light eye colors (like blue, green or grey) have a higher alcohol tolerance.
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