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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47% of people have a nightmare at least once a month.
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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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City dwellers have longer, thicker, denser nose hairs than country folks do.
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Research has determined that most people are happiest at 7:26pm on a Saturday night.
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