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TIL ceiling height affects creativity

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M7LRA TIL that city pairs Wilmington DE/NC and Charleston WV/SC are almost the same distance apart, ~472 miles.
4JVa TIL that storms from the Sahara Desert blow dust all the way to Florida, affecting Florida’s climate and air quality
nWlVr TIL that Steven Spielberg has been thanked in more Oscar speeches than God
yQnQa TIL that during Ted Kaczynski's (The Unabomber), sophomore year at Harvard, in 1959, he was recruited for a psychological experiment that, unbeknownst to him, would last three years. The experiment involved psychological torment and humiliation.
b9d74 TIL the 1976 F1 season, made famous in the film Rush, was not televised in the UK because one of the teams was sponsored by condom maker Durex. The BBC deemed it 'unacceptable for family viewing'.