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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People in parts of Western China put salt in their tea instead of sugar.
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Infants spend more time dreaming than adults do.
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People with light eye colors (like blue, green or grey) have a higher alcohol tolerance.
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Up to the age of six or seven months a child can breathe and swallow at the same time. An adult cannot do this.
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More boys than girls are born during the day; more girls are born at night.
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On average, men's noses are 10% larger than women's.
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