26 Facts about the Science of Friendship

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Who knew there was so much scientific research about friendship? Real friendship, not just the number of Facebook friends you have. The results we have so far are pretty interesting. You already know having close friends is good for you, but now we know some specific benefits. John Green tells us about it, on this week’s mental_floss List Show.

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I remember my dad pulling the car over on the side of highways and getting my brother and I out of the car to go poke around in the rock rubble that had been left after a highway had been completed. One time we found a very heavy brick shaped rock that had hundreds of fossils embedded in it. We kept that stone for decades. My love affair with fossils began on the side of a very busy highway.

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this man gets around

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