stackyFACTSNothing distracts the human mind from the unnatural terror of dangling in a metal box quite like a smooth jazz rendition of an 80s pop song. In the 1920s, elevators were a terrifying new concept, so piped-in music was explicitly designed to keep passengers from having full-blown panic attacks.
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