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TIL a scientific study have proven that people who work in well-ventilated offices with below-average levels of pollutants and carbon dioxide have significantly higher (+61%) cognitive functioning scores—in crucial areas—than those who work in offices with typical levels

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0wR0A TIL of the Visible Human Project, where in 1993, a murderer was frozen, sliced and imaged, millimeter by millimeter, from the top of his head to the bottom of his feet, for science.
D1PAj TIL the American government manipulated the outcomes of every Italian election for at least 24 years, starting in 1946
VMZ9Q TIL that when Indonesia became independent in 1949, it chose a new red and white flag (????????). Monaco complained bitterly about it, because it was exactly the same as their existing flag (????????). However, Monaco was then not a member of the UN, and was small enough to be ignored
yYmM TIL that 350 million years ago the Earth was covered by giant mushrooms. They would grow up to 26 feet high and 3 feet wide.
OomRX TIL Pronoia is the opposite of paranoia. A paranoid person thinks everyone in conspiring against him or her, whereas a pronoid person thinks everything is secretly conspiring to help him or her.