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Few articles of clothing embody cool quite like Arthur Fonzarelli’s leather jacket from the ABC sitcom Happy Days. Henry Winker, who played the character, says, “I hope that when people see the jacket, they think that even though the Fonz was supposed to be tough, his humanity always shines through. As the character, I never hit anyone. I never used a weapon. It’s the strength of a human being that convinces both the good and the bad to do the right thing.”

Everyone knows to call 911 in an emergency, but caregivers facing daily challenges should keep another number handy: 211. Through a collaboration between AARP and United Way Worldwide, caregivers can call 211 to speak with a trained community resource specialist to find help. 211 is a free, confidential service available 24/7 in 180 languages that connects individuals to resources and services in their local communities.

What such super agers have in common, these researchers report after 25 years of study, isn’t diet or exercise or getting enough sleep. It’s having friends. “Whenever people talk to me about super aging, they ask, ‘OK, what’s the recipe?’  ” says Sandra Weintraub, a clinical neuropsychologist at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and coauthor of the project’s most recent report, published last summer. The answer: “The one observation that could be generalized was the gregariousness of the participants.”

A recent study found that static isometric exercises like wall sits (also known as wall squats) and planks are the best for lowering blood pressure.

Even if you feel ho-hum about the 1998 movie’s premise of an elite crew seeking out a paratrooper (Matt Damon, now 55) whose brothers have all been killed in action, there’s no denying the power of this otherwise unsentimental tribute to the heroism of the Greatest Generation from Steven Spielberg, now 79. And the opening sequence depicting the Normandy invasion — the jittery camera angles, the explosions, the vomit, the shaky hands of Tom Hanks, now 67 — remains an unparalleled look at war.