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TIL our subconscious brain uses height as a measurement to determine social status and authority. That’s why CEOs of big companies tend to be taller than average people. Surveys have uncovered that almost 90% of CEOs were above 6”00 (Fortune 500 CEOs are 6”2 on average)

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oWPK TIL Citizens of the UK must pay a yearly license fee to own TV sets receiving live TV broadcasts at £145.50 for color and £49.00 for black and white.
epmME TIL that in 2019 a law was passed in Colorado, nicknamed the Lemonade Stand law, that allows kids under the age of 18 to operate a temporary business without a license if it operates for no more than 84 days in a calendar year.
AD9jw TIL Patrick Stewart has been using Cannabis-based products daily since 2015 to treat arthritis in both of his hands. He said that the ointment and spray have reduced the stiffness and pain in his hands, allowing him to make fists. He hasn’t had any Cannabis related negative side effects so far.
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kJGkW TIL that the architect of the Canadian War Museum designed it so that the sun would cast a beam on the tomb of the unknown soldier in Ottawa at 11:00 on November 11.