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TiL The most common ingredient in bacterial soap is triclosan. It is never completely removed during water treatment and when it arrives at the ocean it is toxic to marine life.

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7r9mM TIL When Michael J Fox gave testimony to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee in 1999 about his Parkinson's, he deliberately went without medication beforehand to show the effects of the disorder.
PYZOO TIL in 1795, the Spanish crown institutionalized the 'purchase of whiteness' through a decree called the 'gracias al sacar'. In the Spanish empire, wealthy mixed race people could now pay for a legal declaration that 'converted them' to white in order to conduct business freely and marry well.
j648X TIL the human body can naturally settle into a sleep-wake cycle of up to 50 hours, when there's no day/night cycle to observe. In 1962 geologist Michel Siffre entered a darkened cave, where he planned to remain for two months tracking time assuming 1 sleep equals one day, but he was off by 2 weeks.
yVBZl TIL a 14-year-old Florida boy committed suicide after developing an emotional relationship over several months with a character.ai chatbot of Game of Thrones's Daenerys Targaryen.
WQjB TIL when Gangnam Style went viral, the stock Psy’s family was involved with made his father $11m and his brother $17m.