‘Old people smell’ is actually caused by a chemical, 2-nonenal, that old people secrete through their skin
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Studies show that the risk of a “secret love” being revealed heightens romantic feelings for the partners, thanks to increased levels of phenylethylamine (PEA).
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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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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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Women who are romance novel readers are reported to make love 74% more often with their partners than women who do not read romance novels.
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During your lifetime, you'll eat about 60,000 pounds of food, that's the weight of about 6 elephants!
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A person will create enough saliva to fill two average size swimming pools during his lifetime.
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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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