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TIL: The "shower effect" of having more creative ideas in the shower or doing moderately boring activities is a real thing. Physicists and authors reported 20% of their most creative ideas and solutions to problems came with a wandering mind. Later papers termed this "the shower effect"

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dDMJd TIL The acuity of Aqaba in Jordan intentionally sank 21 tanks, anti-aircraft, and other military memorabilia to create an underwater museum for divers
8aW7X TIL The original version of Trivial Pursuit is known as the Genus Edition ???????????? Genius Edition
pkOO TIL in 1974 Lorne Michaels offered $3000 on SNL for the Beatles to reunite, John Lennon and Paul McCartney, both of whom happened to be watching the show together at Lennons home, considered walking over to the studio just a few blocks away, but decided not to because they were tired.
JEmB TIL 550 motorcyclists participated in a ride to protest New York State’s mandatory helmet law. During the ride, One of the rider’s breaks failed and was sent over the handlebars and hit his head on the pavement, killing him. Medical experts said he would have survived if he had worn his helmet.
ol9L TIL of the Bagger 293, the biggest vehicle in the world. It is an excavator that is 315 feet tall, 740 feet long, and weighs over 31 million pounds.