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TIL: Fels-Naptha soap no longer contains naptha

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k4M7 TIL: The murder rate by firearms is less than half of what it was 20 years ago in the USA (6.6 per 100K in 1993 vs 3.2 per 100K now)
KYOXR TIL in 1272 the theft of a cow in the town of Ciney led to a 6 years war and thousand of death
LK0Q TIL that it was illegal for males to have long hair in Singapore from the 1960s to 1990s, causing long-haired performers such as Kitarō, Led Zeppelin and the Bee Gees to cancel their gigs in the country.
R5Mw6 TIL that in 2017 former NBA star Kevin Garnett showed up at the sentencing of his accountant Charles Banks to provide him with moral support upon his conviction for defrauding NBA star Tim Duncan of $7.5 million. Garnett later learned that Banks have also defrauded him of $77 million.
lnrA TIL - In 1797 George Washington opened a whiskey distillery three miles from his Virginia estate, and in 1799 it produced 11,000 gallons of whiskey and made Washington the largest American whiskey producer in the 18th century.