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TIL ceiling height affects how you think and act, higher ceilings promote creativity while lower promotes concentrated, rational thinking

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Wk4bN TIL that Pope John Paul II is considered to have begun the chain of events which saw the collapse of Communism in Europe, thanks to his trip to Poland in 1979.
loRJG TIL that the most active author on r/conspiracy wrote 896,337 words, twice the length of the Lord of the Rings trilogy
wBJ7 TIL that there are 3000 cities with worse lead levels in their water supply than Flint, MI
PDyJ TIL Sunscreen SPF is a very nonlinear metric. An SPF of 15 blocks 93% of incoming radiation, SPF 30 blocks 97%. SPF 50 blocks only 1% more than SPF 30, at 98%.
b96J4 Whatever you do, don’t press that button. It’s a trope that’s spanned pop culture for generations—and the real world, too. But where did this Big Red Button come from? And why does sick curiosity compel us to mash it down?