We’re rounding up the most interesting discoveries from last week’s Quartz Daily Brief newsletters. Get the Daily Brief in your inbox every morning, for free! Each day includes a section with surprising discoveries, along with a selection of important and interesting news from the global economy, curated by Quartz.
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We’ll spare you the photo—click on the link below if you’re feeling brave. But here’s what we know:
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It took MIT scientists to figure out that the cream filling will end up on one side of the Oreo 80% of the time you twist it. Speeding up your efforts only makes it worse.
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Interested in the Christmas sweater of a failed bank? Keep an eye out for other failed company merchandise. Nab a good one for cheap, and you could be sitting on a goldmine.
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Not only was Beethoven’s famous hairstyle a joy to look at, locks of it have finally uncovered the possible reason for his death. As suspected, the liver did it.
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A new, highly durable building material that could be used in structures on Mars has a simple recipe that’s almost delicious sounding:
