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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Two in five people in the world marry their first love.
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The single biggest predictor of love is proximity.
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More redheads are born in Scotland than in any other part of the world.
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90 percent of women who walk into a department store immediately turn to the right.
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In Korea, a child’s first birthday is the most important. In one part of the celebration, several items are placed on a table. The one that the baby picks up first is said to predict their future.
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People with light eye colors (like blue, green or grey) have a higher alcohol tolerance.
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