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TIL an office started working naked(literally) for one month to see its effects on creativity [nsfw]

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x65vo TIL in 1958 a nighttime training exercise resulted in a mid-air collision between an F-86 Sabre and a B-47 Startojet. To save the aircraft, the B-47 crew ditched their nuclear payload to save weight. The undetonated weapon is believed to have sunk near Tybee Island and remains unrecovered today.
ADGVw [TIL] A 2013 Spanish study found that Helvetica, Courier, Arial and Verdana were the best fonts for dyslexics, as well as lightly colored paper, 12-14 point sans serif font, and bolding of text for highlighting.
X0agr TIL Cadbury's stopped being British in 2010! Am I living under a rock or what
QNbBp TIL In 1857, Archduke Maximilian of Austria married Princess Charlotte of Belgium. Napoleon III later urged them to rule Mexico, where monarchists sought a crown. It ended badly—Maximilian died by firing squad and Charlotte suffered a mental breakdown.
wLLxW Researchers found that 77 percent of Wikipedia articles are written by 1 percent of Wikipedia editors, and they think this is probably for the best.