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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Indian housewives hold 11% of the World’s gold. That is more than the reserves of USA, IMF, Switzerland and Germany put together.
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Approximately 365 million people in the world have computers while half of the world's 6.5 billion population has never seen or used a telephone.
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In 2005, 25 percent of Americans over the age of 50 played video games, an increase from nine percent in 1999.
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In a lifetime, an average person walks the equivalent of 5 equators
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In Haiti, only 1 out of every 200 people own a car.
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A couple had their wedding rings engraved with a waveform of their own voices saying "I do."
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