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| PHOTOGRAPH BY GIANLUCA COLLA, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION | | One place has some of the world’s lowest rates of dementia and middle-age mortality (pictured above). Another is home to the world’s longest-lived women. A third spot boasts the highest concentration of centenarian men.
What makes these “blue zones” stand out? The same thing that propels people in one California town to live a decade longer, on average, than other Americans.
Where are these places?
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| PHOTOGRAPH BY STAN GROSSFELD/THE BOSTON GLOBE VIA GETTY IMAGES | | | |
| PHOTOGRAPH BY FRITZ HOFFMAN | | Battle for the soul: Being upside down for even a few moments is enough to unnerve the average human. But at the Shaolin Temple Tagou Martial Arts School in China, students practice being inverted for five minutes (above). This practice is just part of the discipline and character the students develop at the kung fu school.
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| PHOTOGRAPH BY RANDY OLSON | | | |
Today’s soundtrack: When I Was Older, Billie Eilish
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