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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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    Studies suggest that people who appear to be constantly distracted have more "working memory" and "sharper brains".
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    Bad At Maths? You Could Have Math Anxiety
    People with poor mathematical skills aren't necessarily bad at math because they are 'ungifted'. There is a phenomena called 'Math Anxiety' that makes people perform worse, sometimes leading to math avoidance, which leads to lesser knowledge and consequently more math anxiety.
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    Gestures in Bulgaria
    Gestures in Bulgaria
    In Bulgaria, people shake their heads to indicate 'yes' and nod for 'no'.
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    Babies' eyes do not produce tears until the baby is approximately six to eight weeks old.
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    City dwellers have longer, thicker, denser nose hairs than country folks do.
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    The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
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    The world's tallest man reached 8 feet 11 inches at 21.
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