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Originally posted by riv6672
You’ll Live Longer
If you’re looking to live a long and healthy life, start surrounding yourself with good friends. A study from Bringham Young University found that people with social relationships live 50 percent longer than people who are more socially isolated.

I heard that humans used to live longer during Noah's Ark, for instance, trees seem to live very long amounts of time. Also if UFOs took every animal on the planet and put them in a UFO and brought them across the multiverse until by random probability a clone solar system of ours, than entanglement between identical particles may arise that weren't there before due to the 13 bill year cosmic horizon where expansion exceeds c or gravity wave propagation.

In which case, it's possible only one dude didn't go near himself but puts everyone near their same generation doppelganger.

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Only one way to find out, self-isolate/imprison all the dudes and see which doesn't age

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Fred MacMurray was in
DEAD MEN DONT WEAR PLAID withSteve Martin, who was in NOVOCAINE with Kevin Bacon.

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TODAY IS

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What did the grape do when it got stepped on?

It let out a little wine.

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Third place?!?

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This is the greatest outrage Norway has ever commited!

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AHA! We meet again.
Only this time.

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...it’s ME criticizing YOUR beef pot pie.

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And

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They're More Common Than You Think

When it comes to calculating doppelganger odds, there are two situations to consider: The chance that your doppelganger exists somewhere out there, and the chance that you'll actually meet them. So far, no consensus has been reached; in 2015, a professor at the University College London told the Telegraph that the sheer amount of variables in play makes it impossible to truly calculate the odds. That same year, however, an assistant professor at Cornell University explained to Live Science that there's "only so much genetic diversity to go around," and strong resemblances are bound to show up eventually.

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They're Believed To Herald Bad News

If you're not unsettled yet, don't worry; the folklore surrounding doppelgangers gets really creepy, really quickly. According to myth, doppelgangers were considered ill omens; if you saw your friend's doppelganger, it was a sign of impending illness or bad luck. At least it's not a death omen — that happens when you catch sight of your own doppelganger.

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They Cast No Shadows

If the lookalike is a perfect double, how were you supposed to know when you were dealing with a doppelganger? According to folklore, there's a single difference: Doppelgangers cast no shadow and have no reflections in a mirror or water.

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They're The Origins Of The "Evil Twin"

There's a reason folkloric doppelgangers herald bad luck: They're often the ones who bring it. Traditionally, doppelgangers give advice to the person they're shadowing, but it's often designed to be misleading or outright harmful. Sometimes, they're able to plant ideas in someone's mind, and if that doesn't work, the doppelganger might wreak havoc by pretending to be their double in front of their friends and family — your basic "evil twin" stuff.

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They Make For A Great Story

Needless to say, folkloric doppelgangers are a common figure in stories. Edgar Allen Poe dealt with the theme in the short story "William Wilson," and doppelgangers are the focus of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's The Double. Today, they can be found in several creepypastas and urban legends; you can check out a list here. Finally, remember that malicious, shadow-less doppelgangers are simply a legend — not that it makes the real thing any less unnerving.