A new Ally Bank survey of 5,000 adults finds the average American scores 54 out of 100 on a \"Joy Index\" — in \"joy pressured\" territory — with 72% feeling guilty when they spend money on things that make them happy, and only 15% saying joy is easy to afford. Also: the research on why getting away is genuinely good for you, and a better question than \"should I go\" — which is \"where?\" And a new Gallup poll conducted this July finds 37% of Americans believe some UFOs are alien spacecraft, 49% think all sightings have earthly explanations, and 78% — a record — believe the government is hiding what it knows. Plus Tim Curry, lab-grown brain tissue, toilet paper prices, and a man terrorizing Philadelphia in a Halloween mask.
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