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 Japanese commonly put ketchup on their rice.
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Thrity-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
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A chance of a woman having twins is increased after the age of 35. About 1 in 27 women will give birth to twins after this age. After 50 the chances of having twins is 1 in 9.
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People in parts of Western China put salt in their tea instead of sugar.
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Women have a slightly higher average IQ than men.
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Americans did not commonly use forks until after the Civil War.
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