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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Men laugh longer, louder, and more often than women.
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On average, a person will spend about five years eating during his or her lifetime.
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Only 10-20% of the population can wiggle their ears and raise one eyebrow.
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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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Men fall in love faster than women do.
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Children laugh about 400 times a day, while adults laugh on average only 15 times a day.
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Identical twins do not have identical fingerprints.
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