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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The “cheerleader effect”, the theory that girls look more attractive in groups, is scientifically proven.
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You can only remember 4 things at a time.
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Blonde hair is not exclusive to Europeans. Melanesians of the south Pacific evolved a different gene for blonde hair.
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Intelligent men tend to be more sexually faithful.
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Touching a teddy bear can make people feel less lonely.
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Americans did not commonly use forks until after the Civil War.
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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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