huh?

“Japanese smoke twice as much as Americans, but live twice as long.”
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So apparently individual behaviour (smoking, drinking, drugs, etc.) have little to do with living long at all. America is #30 (or #45 depending on which chart thingy you look at) on the list of life expectancy. Japan’s #1. How Japanese people [...]

hey-o exchange rate

Recently, I have acquired the knowledge that U.S. and Canadian currency are now at an equal exchange rate. What does this mean exactly? I went to a very very very reliable source to check it out.1

from the text:
“Note that, using direct quotation, if the home currency is strengthening (i.e., appreciating, or becoming more [...]