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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If Earth's life was compressed into 1 year, then humans would have been around for only 2 seconds.
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People who are more likeable and attractive are generally perceived as more intelligent. This is called the “Halo Effect.”
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Touching a teddy bear can make people feel less lonely.
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Intelligent men tend to be more sexually faithful.
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Up to the age of six or seven months a child can breathe and swallow at the same time. An adult cannot do this.
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Most people turn their music down in the car when finding a street sign to "see better".
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Yawns are more contagious among people with closer relationships.
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