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TIL that the World Health Organization recommends ash or sand as alternative to soap when it's not available

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5DBn TIL that Denmark was one of the few countries that resisted turning over its Jewish citizens during the Holocaust. The Danish king told the PM at the time that if the Germans tried to force Danish Jews to wear a yellow star, then he would wear one too.
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M7Knb TIL that in 2005 Akira Toriyama the creator of Dragon Ball Z designed an electric car called the QVOLT. Only 9 of them were ever made.