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TIL The shoe company ‘Atheist Shoes’ conducted an experiment where they sent packages with 'Atheist’ brand packing tape and neutral packing tape to the U.S. The 'Atheist’ marked packages took an average of 3 days longer to ship and where 10 times more likely to disappear.

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