A man is more likely to get a woman's phone number if he is accompanied by a dog.
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‘Old people smell’ is actually caused by a chemical, 2-nonenal, that old people secrete through their skin
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You forget 90% of your dreams.
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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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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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If you're over 100 years old, there's an 80% chance you're a woman.
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Awarding people money for doing well in IQ tests causes them to score better, $10 increased people's score by an average of more than 20 IQ points. IQ tests don’t just measure intelligence - they also measure effort.
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