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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All babies are color blind when they are born.
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Yawns are more contagious among people with closer relationships.
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The world's tallest man reached 8 feet 11 inches at 21.
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The first man to swim the length of Great Britain grew a beard to stop jellyfish stinging his face.
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More redheads are born in Scotland than in any other part of the world.
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