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TIL Soap Was Once Made of Animal Fat and Wood Ashes

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Me8Jb TIL that in 1672, angry Dutchmen killed and ate their prime minister
oLpK TIL during the LA riots a group of Korean American business owners fought against looters and rioters with shotguns and semi-automatic weapons from the rooftops of their business.
JYnrk TIL a man robbed two bank after covering his face in lemon juice, which he believed would hide him from the cameras because it was "invisible ink". His case led psychologists to describe the Dunning-Kruger effect, where ignorance leads people to overestimate their knowledge.
pYP8N TIL the Popigai impact structure is the largest created within the last 100 million years, and the shock pressures from the impact instantaneously transformed graphite in the ground into diamonds within a 13.6 km (8.5 mi) radius of the impact point
KLWw TIL the plastic used to make Legos is the same type of plastic used to make hard hats