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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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nWkdd TIL that Arab soap operas (musalsalat) air during the month of Ramadan and are enjoyed after the fast-breaking meal of Iftar. They typically last for 30 episodes that coincide with each night of Ramadan.
D1PxY TIL John Lennon's comment 'More popular than Jesus' created a huge backlash in the US Bible belt, with one Texas radio station holding a large bonfire of Beatles albums only for a lightning bolt to strike its transmission tower the following day and sending the station temporarily off the air.
5YK1B TIL In 2004, German football club FC Union Berlin was facing bankruptcy and didn't have the €1.5 million deposit required to participate in the season. Their fans gave blood en masse and donated the money they got to save the club.
ANRyx TIL that the city of Saint Paul, Minnesota was named after a log cabin chapel
e0n7J TIL 5% of patients who take the anti-depressant clomipramine experience orgasms every time they yawn