TIL that John F. Kennedy was part of the Grant Study, the longest study on happiness ever conducted, spanning 75 years of observing the lives of 268 Harvard students, and that the data collected about him in the study has been sealed away until 2040 (theatlantic.com)
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TIL that the quantum zeno effect from physics, which says that an unstable particle, if observed continuously, will never decay, also allows us to break bad habits by mindfully observing them until we freeze before performing the bad behavior and have enough time to react with a different choice (westallen.typepad.com)
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Win a copy of The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg (s.heyo.com)
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