Yu Youzhen, a Chinese millionaire, works as a street sweeper for the sanitation department to set an example for her children.
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Yawns are more contagious among people with closer relationships.
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People are more likely to tilt their heads to the right when kissing instead of the left (65 percent of people go to the right!)
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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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Over 50% of lottery players go back to work after winning the jackpot.
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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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