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Saturday, 05 December 2020 05:28

Why smart people fail to be happy

“If you’re so smart, how come you aren’t happy?” That’s Naval Ravikant’s challenge¹ to everyone bathing in the misery of their own intelligence. “Happiness is a choice,” he says; something you can work on, like your fitness, nutrition, or career. Naval knows it’s a choice because he too had to make it for himself: “I was born poor and miserable, and I’m now pretty well off and very happy — and I worked at those.” Naval also knows that’s an unpopular statement to make for two reasons: Some people are depressed at a molecular level and thus have a real,…
If you are wondering how to spend a penny in space, well the answer is to spend £14million. That's because space toilets cost a pretty penny. One space toilet on the ISS cost $19million. Why was it so expensive? Well, space toilets are like super-special vacuum cleaners. They need a complex series of pipes and vacuum tubes to suck up waste and dry it out. The extracted water is recycled, and the waste is stored. Eventually, it is sent back into Earth’s atmosphere, where it burns up like shooting stars. In 2007, NASA agreed to pay $19million (£14million) for a…
A United Arab Emirates woman broke a Guinness World Record when she visited all seven continents in 3 days, 14 hours, 46 minutes and 48 seconds. Khawla AlRomaithi completed her whirlwind tour of the globe in Sydney, Australia, on Feb. 13, shortly before travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic went into effect. "It was a difficult journey; the attempt demanded a lot of patience, especially in airports, as well as having to deal with constant plane rides," AlRomaithi said. "I wanted to quit on many different occasions if I am being honest, I just wanted to get back home.…
Japan is struggling with a mental health crisis as the coronavirus pandemic rages on, with more people dying in one month from suicide than from Covid-19 all year long. The National Police Agency said suicides surged to 2,153 in October alone, with more than 17,000 people taking their own lives this year to date, CBS reported. By comparison, fewer than 2,000 people in the country have died from Covid-19 in 2020. Experts say the pandemic has exacerbated mental health issues due to prolonged lockdowns, isolation from family members, unemployment and other financial concerns, and a lack of school structure. "We…
A South Carolina couple who recently moved into their home found a cache of rare coins worth about $25,000 -- and returned them to their owner. James and Clarrisa Munford said they closed on their Columbia home in mid-October and were in the process of moving in when they discovered two cases of coins from the 1800s in a built-in closet drawer. UPI
A Reddit user claims his wife has been slightly angry with him for “over a year” after he complimented a waitress on her attractive bald head. The man, who posted the story to the online forum earlier this week, further revealed that the incident took place during a birthday dinner for his wife, but he still claims he was only making friendly conversation at the time. “Everything was good as usual, but we had a server neither of us had seen before with a somewhat striking appearance: She was completely bald,” the man recounted. “Normally I wouldn’t say anything about…
A man in Kenya who was previously declared dead by doctors has regained consciousness three hours later while workers prepared to embalm him in a morgue. Peter Kigen, 32, was presumed dead on Tuesday after he collapsed at home and was rushed to Kapkatet hospital in Kericho county, reported local media. After being transferred to the morgue, Mr Kigen shocked the staff as he suddenly woke up and wailed in pain as they made an incision on his right leg. Kigen, who reportedly suffered a stomach ailment, was taken to hospital by his family after fainting in his house on…
Russian student Alexei Dudoladov has been forced to go to great lengths - or rather great heights - to attend classes online, having to climb a birch tree in his remote Siberian village every time he needs an internet connection. The 21-year-old, a popular blogger and a student at the Omsk Institute of Water Transport, located 2,225 kilometres (1,383 miles) east of Moscow, has got the authorities’ attention by pleading for better internet coverage from the top of a snow-covered birch tree. In his plea - viewed 1.9 million times on TikTok and more than 56,000 times on Instagram since…
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