This week I learned smiling actually makes you look older, and more
Fun and interesting facts from around the web
Read more about the facts mentioned:
- Smile and the world thinks you're older: Study (MedicalXpress.com)
- The language you speak changes your perception of time (Popular Science)
- Women were pirates, too (JSTORE Daily)
- Revealed: How parallel lines can give you a splitting headache (The Times UK)
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Lauren Hansen produces The Week’s podcasts and videos and edits the photo blog, Captured. She also manages the production of the magazine's iPad app. A graduate of Kenyon College and Northwestern University, she previously worked at the BBC and Frontline. She knows a thing or two about pretty pictures and cute puppies, both of which she tweets about @mylaurenhansen.
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