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TIL that many British people don’t rinse the soap off their dishes after washing them, and this practice is actually due to a fairy liquid advertisement that promoted their soap as not needing rinsing

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kOGEd TIL Dodge makes both the #1 and the #2 on the list of the 2016-18 cars that are most likely to be stolen - the Charger HEMI and the Challenger SRT Hellcat.
eV8g TIL da Vinci’s ‘Vitruvian Man’ most likely had a groin disorder (Inguinal hernia)
GAgD1 TIL about a Brazilian Con artist called Carlos Kaiser, who had a decade long career as a Football player, and managed to sign for multiple teams, without player even one regular game. The one time he almost had to play, he started a fight during, to get a Red Card, avoiding to actually play.
oBbx7 TIL that giant panda is no longer 'endangered' species
Avkn TIL in 1965 a Boeing 707 had an engine blow up during flight and take 25 feet of wing with it. The plane made a safe emergency landing. Boeing then sent a second plane to pick up the stranded passengers and the front landing gear of that plane collapsed on the runway.