One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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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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Nearly 30% of female lottery winners hide their winning ticket in their bras.
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Roughly a quarter of the world's people live in China.
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76% of Americans celebrate New Year's Eve in groups of less than 20.
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If you're over 100 years old, there's an 80% chance you're a woman.
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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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