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TIL Dish soap doesn't kill bacteria, it just lifts the food and grime off so that it can be rinsed away.

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oRAQW TIL, in Norse mythology the “corpse witch” Hela is actually Loki’s daughter
XERNQ TIL Fiat's Lingotto factory was built in 1923 as five stories with a racetrack on top. With an upward assembly line, production began at the bottom floor and progressed upward until completion. When a Fiat finished its climb through 16,000,000 sq. feet, it exited by roof and was raced by employees.
BrnRk TIL Isaac Asimov was not a fan of Orwell's 1984, saying about it in 1980: more people bought it and talked about it than read it, for it is a dreadfully dull book - didactic, repetitious, and all but motionless.
Nj6M TIL Steve Irwin was offered a state funeral following his death, however his dad rejected the government’s offer citing that Steve would have wanted to have been remembered as “an ordinary bloke”.
RKmw TIL that Uma Thurman received her role as “The Bride” in Kill Bill as a 30th birthday present from Quentin Tarantino.