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July 5, 2023 43 secs
What is the IKEA Effect?
What's it called when you get goosebumps from music?
Who invented the popsicle and when?
Where is the best place to be creative?
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(00:00):
Whoa, that was kind of random. Mel Time for random facts with Mel
Taylor. Have you ever heard ofthe ikea effects? It's where you feel
better about buying something if you haveto put it together. Frees On is
the term for when good music actuallyaffects you so much that it gives you
goose bumps. An eleven year oldaccidentally invented ice pops in nineteen oh five.

(00:21):
Young Frank left water and soda powderoutside overnight with a wooden stir,
you know, in the cup,and when he discovered the mixture had frozen,
he called it the epsicle. That'swhen it was born. No,
we are more creative in the shower. The warm water increases the flow of
dopamine and makes us more creative.That's look today, Ads your random facts
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