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TIL that to avoid facial wrinkles, a woman claims to have not smiled or laughed for 40 years, even after the birth of her daughter

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Yp0Gd TIL that Ajax, the brand of cleaning products, got its name from the hero Ajax in Greek mythology, which is arguably “stronger than Greece”. The slogan of Ajax, the brand, is “Stronger than grease!”
160V TIL that Su Hui, a fourth century Chinese poet, wrote a poem in the form of a twenty-nine by twenty-nine character grid. Each line can be read forward or backwards, horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. This arrangement allows for 2,848 different readings.
v1LJx TIL in 1862, Confederate General Simon Bolivar Buckner surrendered to US General Ulysses Grant and in 1944, his son, Lt General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., died at the Battle of Okinawa.
ANy7 TIL Subway was the largest fast food chain on Earth, with 33,749 restaurants worldwide - 1,012 more than McDonald’s.
6EkMw TIL according to a 2019 poll released by Gallup, only 40 percent of American workers say they’re in “good jobs,” compared to 16 percent of the workforce who believe they’re in “bad jobs.” The remaining 44 percent of workers say they are in “mediocre jobs.”