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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In the presence of attractive women, men find running easier, take more risks, donate more money, consume more calories, and talk more.
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On average women can hear better than men.
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There's an isolated tribe in Zimbabwe where the people have only two toes, dubbed the 'ostrich people'.
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It took 200,000 years for humans to reach 3 billion in number. It took 40 years for the next 3 billion.
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Sleeping on the job is acceptable in Japan. It is viewed as exhaustion from working hard. Some people fake it to look committed to their job.
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15 percent of Americans secretly bite their toes.
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