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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Most of the world's people must walk at least 3 hours to fetch water!
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Humans are capable of running 40 mph according to a study by bio-mechanical expert Dr. Matthew Bundle. Today's fastest man, Usain Bolt, has a top speed of 28 mph.
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Only about 2% of the world population has green eyes.
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Nearly 10% of American households dress their pets in Halloween costumes.
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Identical twins do not have identical fingerprints.
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Sociologists have found the worse the economy, the longer the women's skirts are and the better economy, the shorter the skirt.
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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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