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TIL about fuzzy wuzzy soap, a discontinued product that grew "fur" when exposed to air

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VBALQ TIL that — through the lens of modern data analytics — a simple voice recording can yield thousands of speech parameters that may reveal a user’s biometric identity, body shape, personality traits, mental & physical health, emotions, drug habits, geographical origin, and socioeconomic status.
WaXY TIL: When Lead was removed from gasoline in the US, it was linked to a 56% decline in violent crime. Lead is a neurotoxin that can affect antisocial behavior.
MeM7K TiL before "A Hard Day's Night" was released in America, a United Artists executive requested to dub the voices of the Beatles with mid-Atlantic accents. McCartney angrily replied, "Look, if we can understand a fucking cowboy talking Texan, they can understand us talking Liverpool."
KOpmR TIL that in the Iron Age, Yahweh was the storm-and-warrior deity of the Israelites, who lead the heavenly army against Israel's enemies. At the time, he was worshipped alongside a variety of other gods and goddesses, but over time they were merged or progressively thrown away
r55d TIL a man once said “You can be a king or a street sweeper, but everyone dances with the grim reaper” before being executed. This is a direct quoute from Bill and Ted