What makes for a happy state? Bitter winters, oil drilling and......

You fill in the blank. North Dakota has been named as the happiest state according to LiveScience. I know, I thought the same thing. Huh?  But who are we to judge. And I have lived in North Dakota, so I know the deal.

But we're missing all the good stuff here. North Dakota scores a 70.4 out of 100 on the well being scale. To find out exactly what that means, check out the whole story.

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