SOME FEEL GOOD SCIENTIFIC FACTS

ACCORDING TO A 2004 STUDY FROM THE UNIVERSITY

OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL, PHYSICAL

CONTACT WITH PARTNERS CAN LEAD TO REDUCED

HEART RATES. BY INCREASING YOUR HUG RATIO

YOU ALSO REDUCE BLOOD PRESSURE, INCREASE

HEALING, AND REDUCE FOOD CRAVINGS

IF YOU THINK ONLY HUMANS CAN DEVELOP FRIENDSHIPS

THINK AGAIN. DOLPHINS ARE ABLE TO REMEMBER

THEIR FRIENDS, EVEN YEARS AFTER NOT SEEING

THEM WHILE OTTERS HOLD HANDS WHEN THEY

SLEEP SO THEY DON’T DRIFT AWAY FROM

EACH OTHER

A STUDY OF VOLUNTEERING IN GERMANY EXPLORED

HOW VOLUNTEERS WERE NEGATIVELY AFFECTED

WHEN THEIR OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP OTHERS

WAS TAKEN AWAY. THE STUDY SHOWED THAT

HELPING OTHERS WITHOUT EXPECTING ANYTHING

BACK MAKES YOU HAPPIER THAN MONEY

BLIND PEOPLE (WHO WERE BORN BLIND) SMILE, EVEN

IF THEY’VE NEVER SEEN A SMILE BEFORE. THIS MEANS

SMILING IS A NATURAL HUMAN EXPRESSION

NEXT TIME YOU’RE ABOUT TO GET MAD AT SOMEONE,

TRY TO KEEP CALM. IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT BEHAVING

WELL, ACCORDING TO RECENT STUDIES, BEING KIND TO

OTHERS ACTUALLY INCREASES PERSONAL HAPPINESS

DUE TO ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE, IT'S BELIEVED

THAT IT RAINS DIAMONDS ON JUPITER AND SATURN

MOST OF US KNOW THAT SLEEP HELPS OUR BODY

RECOVER. HOWEVER, AS IT TURNS OUT, SLEEP IS

ALSO IMPORTANT FOR HAPPINESS SINCE SLEEPING

MORE HELPS YOU TO BE LESS SENSITIVE TO

NEGATIVITY AND HOSTILITY

SCIENTISTS BELIEVE THE CENTRE OF THE GALAXY

SMELLS LIKE RASPBERRIES AND TASTES LIKE RUM.

THIS THEORY IS SOLELY BASED ON THE CENTRE’S

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION