You want to feel happy

You want to feel happy
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Smiling offers some surprising health benefits, but did you know it can be a blues buster? Yes, we smile when things are going well, but it turns out you can use a smile to cheer yourself up, according to a study published in the journal Psychological Science. Researchers recorded volunteers’ moods as they tricked them into smiling, and the bigger the smile, the better the volunteers felt.

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Your marriage is likely to last

Your marriage is likely to last
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This is a crazy one: researchers asked volunteers to rate the intensity of people’s smiles in photos on a scale of one to ten. Afterwards, they checked the likelihood that the people were in a solid marriage. Sure enough, the people with the strongest smiles were the least likely to be divorced, reports LiveScience.

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You’re practising social graces

You’re practising social graces
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Smiling should be an essential part of all human encounters when face-to-face, says the WebMD post. But we even do it over the phone.

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