“Folks are usually about as happy as they make up their minds to be.”
Lincoln: Decide to Be Happy
How JFK Found Happiness in the Presidency
On October 31, 1963, John F. Kennedy held one of his final press conferences. A reporter reminded him that she had once before asked him toward the beginning of his presidency whether […]
Cube-Shaped Wombat Poop and Other Scientific Breakthroughs
We at Commonplace Fun Facts are big fans of the Ig Nobel Prize and its mission to “first make people laugh, then make them think.” The list of 2019 laureates touched on […]
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Bacon
Thomas Jefferson was a man of great abilities, but modest tastes. The man who wrote of the inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, described the things that would […]
Close Family + Distance = Happiness
“Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.” — George Burns Read more funny quotes. Read more fun facts about comedians and comedy.
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