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TIL Soap Operas are called "Soap Operas" because they were literally designed to sell Dove Soap to stay-at-home women during WWII

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JYP8B TIL Bruce Lee had his underarm sweat glands surgically removed in 1972 because he thought underarm sweat was unphotogenic on film. It’s theorized this may have contributed to his death through a heat stroke exacerbating the cerebral edema that killed him.
P1xGL TIL that since 1959 in the US, imperial distance measurements (foot, yard, etc.) are standardized in reference to metric distance measurements, e.g. the inch is defined by an exact centimeter amount
ADyXB TIL about luminescence dating, a set of methods that can be used to determine when a piece of rock was exposed to light! These methods can be used to date items going back thousands of years with 90-95% accuracy! A useful tool for archaeologists!
R7xM4 TIL sharks have been around MUCH longer than trees
bXL9 TIL in 1983 a 61 Year Old Farmer Won a 544 mile endurance race because he ran throughout the night while the younger ‘professional’ athletes slept.