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TIL Soap Was Once Made of Animal Fat and Wood Ashes

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M7D9K TIL that Macchu Piccu, the Incan citadel in Peru, is not ancient. It's only about 600 years old, the same age as many European Renaissance buildings.
7ZVr TIL 4,000 McDonald’s hamburgers are eaten every minute. That’s also the number of burgers they get from one cow.
5YQoD TIL Steve Irwin was posthumously given a star on the Hollywood walk of fame on the 26th of April 2018, over a decade after he earned it.
b6Rp7 TIL when Chuck Peddle & Bill Mensch introduced the 6502 microprocessor at a trade show in 1975, it was faster & cheaper than its competitors ($25 each instead of nearly $200). It almost single-handedly forced the price of processors to drop, helping to launch the personal computer revolution.
YYbB TIL that Charles Martland, Green Beret, got discharged for confronting a child rapist.