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TIL that consumers and shoppers are actually made more anxious by having more choices, and that limiting consumer choice will make consumers happier

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W7LpX TIL In 1973 Poland, a group of archaeologists were permitted to open the tomb of King Casimir. During and soon after the examination, several researchers died, and many more died a few years later. The killer was the same as in an Egyptian tomb decades earlier –– a pathogenic fungus.
Raxl TIL Without notice or warning to Boeing executives, pilot Tex Johnson did a barrel roll with his Boeing 707 over Lake Washington in Seattle. Asked by his boss “What the hell were you doing?” Johnson responded “Selling airplanes.” He was not terminated.
woL9W TIL After screening '48 Hours' Paramount wanted to fast track another project from the same team. Quickly, director Walter Hill thought of what he loved in movies in his teens like old cars, neon, high-speed pursuit, rumbles, rock stars, and motorcycles. That list became the movie 'Streets of Fire'.
5VmGB TIL there have not yet been any major medical emergencies in space, but astronauts are trained to deal with them. ISS astronauts have developed a way to perform CPR in zero gravity by bracing their legs on the ceiling while pushing down on the patient on the floor below
w8BP TIL only 2% of members of the Church of Sweden regularly attend Sunday service