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TIL that the key ingredient in most dryer sheets is beef fat

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mxvmE TIL: President Ulysses S. Grant was born Hiram Ulysses Grant but changed his name at West Point to avoid having his military uniforms marked with initials "H.U.G."
DQkmV TIL the Catwoman, invented in 1940, did not appear in comic books at all between 1954 and 1965. While exact reason for it is debated it likely was connected to DCs worries that she would push the boundaries of comic book self-regulation in effect at the time and attract negative public attention.
ADQvg TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger is much shorter (5’ 9-5’10) than the beast he was portrayed as in movies, aided by shoe lifts, camera angles, and long legs for his build.
ylvv TIL Foreskins are used to make high-end skin creams. The skin products contain fibroblasts grown on the foreskin and harvested from it. One foreskin can be used for decades to produce fancy face cream like the SkinMedica products hawked on Oprah
Wx5B TIL the shouting at the begining of “The Lion King” is Zulu for “Here comes a lion, father” and “Oh yes, it’s a lion”