This is news for those who skeeve public toilet seats. There are many unspoken, strange things in a public restroom — the gaps in toilet seats are one of them. And while you might think it’s a manufacturing error, there’s actually a very real, legal reason why public toilet seats look the way they do compared to your porcelain throne at home. Since 1955, that center gap in a public toilet seat has been required in every public restroom across the country, thanks to the American Standard National Plumbing Code, which states, “Water closets shall be equipped with seats of smooth…

Perspective Is Becoming More Valuable Than PositionWe tend to assume that the best decisions come from deep immersion in a single organization. The logic is intuitive: more context, more information, more control. I know the benefits of being inside a system: understanding the unspoken norms, knowing who has the strongest…

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ToplinePresident Donald Trump appeared to acknowledge he’s losing support among some Senate Republicans as resistance to his White House ballroom project and “anti-weaponization” fund grows—even as his clout among Republican voters appears to remain intact, evidenced by several recent midterm election wins. Key FactsTrump said “I don’t know, I really…

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