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How An Ice Skate Salesman Made Rockefeller Center A Christmas Destination
If you're lost in New York in December and come across a large, golden statue of Prometheus, flags representing every country waving in the wind, and more people than you thought could ever fit in a few city blocks, there's a good chance you've made it to Rockefeller Center.
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Why Do We Remember Negative Events More Than The Positive Ones?
Many studies suggest that we are more likely to remember negative experiences over positive experiences, and according to Laura Carstensen, a psychology professor at Stanford University, in general, we tend to notice the negative more than the positive.
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Her Father's Dementia Kept Him From Playing The Piano. How Reddit Helped
Jenna Glanzer, 27, needed help identifying her father's favorite piano song when dementia took away his ability to play. That's when the Reddit community stepped in.
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This 6-Year-Old Who Can Name Every Country - In Alphabetical Order
Six-year-old Madden Landicho started learning the nations when he was about 3. He learned the list by watching videos such as "Countries of the World," in which smiling, blinking, animated country outlines sing their names.
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How An Ice Skate Salesman Made Rockefeller Center A Christmas Destination
If you're lost in New York in December and come across a large, golden statue of Prometheus, flags representing every country waving in the wind, and more people than you thought could ever fit in a few city blocks, there's a good chance you've made it to Rockefeller Center.
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Why Do We Remember Negative Events More Than The Positive Ones?
Many studies suggest that we are more likely to remember negative experiences over positive experiences, and according to Laura Carstensen, a psychology professor at Stanford University, in general, we tend to notice the negative more than the positive.
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Her Father's Dementia Kept Him From Playing The Piano. How Reddit Helped
Jenna Glanzer, 27, needed help identifying her father's favorite piano song when dementia took away his ability to play. That's when the Reddit community stepped in.
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This 6-Year-Old Who Can Name Every Country - In Alphabetical Order
Six-year-old Madden Landicho started learning the nations when he was about 3. He learned the list by watching videos such as "Countries of the World," in which smiling, blinking, animated country outlines sing their names.
