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TIL Coriander and Cilantro are the same thing

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9wRX TIL Mr. Bubble, bubble bath, is suspected to have caused a generation of women to have a life-long predisposition to UTI’s.
RQy1 TIL that William Wrigley, Jr. sold soaps in 1891, offering baking powder as incentive to buyers. The baking powder proved to be more popular, so he started selling it, offering gum as incentive. But the gum proved to be EVEN more popular, so he started selling them. In 1893, Juicy Fruit debuted.
d8o78 TIL that one of the most treasured possessions of late Japanese Emperor Hirohito wasn’t made of precious metals, or even from Japan. It was a Mickey Mouse quartz watch. Given to him while visiting the US in 1975, where he insisted on visiting Disney Land. When he died in 1989 he was buried with it.
9YA6p TIL that the top two sumo referees, tate-gyōji, have daggers on hand while officiating matches. These daggers symbolize the referees' willingness to ritualistically disembowel themselves if a call of theirs is overruled. In modern times, they submit resignation letters when they make a poor call.
yVrMl TIL that Dave Grohl - Guitarist of Foo Fighters and drummer of Nirvana - created the first Foo Fighters album entirely by himself, recording almost every part of every instrument, including the vocals.