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TIL the antibacterial soaps are not better than regular soaps, in fact studies show that antibacterial soaps causes the bacteria to increase its antibiotic resistance.

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kOA1g TIL Central Park in New York is home to a 3500 year old Egyptian obelisk. Weighing 200 tons, it was gifted to the US in 1877 in gratitude for the US not interfering in Egyptian politics.
JRB1 TIL Polygraph tests are only ~61% accurate, yet they can still be used as evidence in court in many places.
b6kO4 TIL the transistor was patented 21 years before a working one was actually created.
5Yprp TIL of the Schiphol fly, which is a fly engraved on urinals at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport. The psychology is that men will want to "wash" the fly off the urinal so they focus more when urinating, apparently lowering cleaning bills in public bathrooms.
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