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What's that I hear you say? I'm a hack fraud whose shower thoughts are stupid and have no evidence? I agree, so I did some digging in the literature and found the following:

A graph showing the number of nuclear warheads held by the United States and the Soviet Union from 1945 to 2019. Sources listed are Kristensen and Norris (2015) and the FAS Nuclear Notebook (2014–2019). The sum at one point is over 60,000.

A graph showing the population of Greenland from 1780 to 2000. At no point does the population ever rise above 60,000.

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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