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 2002, Kenyan Maasai tribespeople donated 14 cows to the US to help with the aftermath of 9/11.
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Approximately 141 million Valentine's Day cards are exchanged worldwide every year.
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Only 10-20% of the population can wiggle their ears and raise one eyebrow.
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One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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The offspring of two sets of identical twins are legally cousins but genetically siblings.
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