So much for all the desk-reorganizing hacks we've ever published. Apparently, if your desk is super-neat and Pinterest-perfect, you're not as likely to be a creative genius. According to a study by the University of Minnesota, those with messy desks tend to have unique, out-of-the-box ideas. The study put participants into two rooms: one neat and orderly, and the other one more like many of our desks (a.k.a., chaotic). Then, researchers asked them to come up with new uses for ping-pong...

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