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Source: Wikipedia   Passenger's letter from doomed Titanic sells for record £126,000  Penning the letter a day before the disaster, the passenger writes: " If all goes well , we will arrive in New York (on) Wednesday". One of the last-known letters written on board the Titanic has sold at auction  for a record-breaking £126,000. The handwritten note was penned on 13 April 1912 - a day before the ship hit an iceberg and sank in a tragedy that killed more than 1,500 people. It was written on embossed Titanic stationery by first-class passenger Alexander Oskar Holverson, who was intending to post it to his mother in New York. The salesman had boarded the Titanic in Southampton with his wife Mary, who survived the disaster. She never remarried - and according to Encyclopaedia Titanica, she was buried with her husband in New York after dying of kidney failure in 1918 at the age of 41. In the letter, he says the couple "had good weather whi...

Source: Jocelyn Morales en Unsplash Discover the 90/10 Principle  It will change your life ( at least the way you react to situations). What is this principle? 10% of life is made up of what happens to you. 90% of life is decided by how you react. What does this mean? We really have no control over 10% of what happens to us. We cannot stop the car from break ing down . The plane will be late arriving, which messes up our whole schedule. A driver may cut us off in traffic. We have no control over this 10%. The other 90% is different. You determine the other 90%. How? By your reaction. You cannot control a red light. but you can control your reaction. Don’t let people fo ol you; you can control how you react. Let’s use an example. You are eating breakfast with your family. Your daughter knocks over a cup of coffee onto your business shirt. You have no control over what just happened. What happens next will be determined by how you react. You cur...

Source:  Estúdio Bloom on Unsplash Avocados: Spanish company launches low-fat variety From Instagram posts to morning smoothies , you cannot seem to escape the avocado in 2017. But the fruit could soon become even more popular after a Spanish company announced it is launching reduced-fat avocados for the first time. Isla Bonita claims their Avocado Light has up to 30% less fat than ordinary fruits. They also say it ripens faster, and oxidises - or goes that weird shade of brown - slower. The avocados are grown under special soil and climate conditions to provide the same nutritional benefits with less fat, according to the company's website. Avocados are a foodie hit for their rich and creamy texture caused by their high fat content - an average fruit has between 20-30g of fat. Most of this is monosaturated fat, which has been linked to the reduction of cholesterol and lowered risk of cancer and heart disease . But your morning avocado on toast could...