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TIL bar soap is better for the environment than liquid body wash and poses no health risk to the general population

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OoOD1 TIL That the Maya civilization used chocolate as money. Chocolate—in the form of fermented and dried cacao beans—was "almost certainly" a key Maya currency. Running out of it may have played a role in their downfall.
l7JxN TIL about the 'battle of the farts' in 19th C Japan. '' In the battle of wind, the participants tried to knock others off their feet and caused the people to cover their nasal passages as a reaction of utter repulsion. It was indeed a battle of powerful, dangerous, and extremely noxious farts.''
Wklv8 TIL about the egg ovens of ancient Egypt- brick incubators created during the fourth century BC that were capable of hatching out thousands of eggs in 2-3 weeks. Two hundred of them are still in use today, the techniques involved passed down orally for more than two thousand years.
wLbnW TIL that the Amboseli National Park in Kenya is experiencing an Elephant baby boom
0w5ev TIL that doctors who are wintering at Australian Antarctic stations are required to have their appendix removed.