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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Most people smile when they are frustrated, according to a study.
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Over 98 percent of Japanese people are cremated after they die.
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The typical person spends about 600 hours having sex between the ages of 20 and 70.
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Approximately 141 million Valentine's Day cards are exchanged worldwide every year.
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The average person will go on a date at least 100 times before they finally marry.
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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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