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

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yQRN8 TIL that carbon dating data for human bones can be thrown off by hundreds of years if the deceased ate a lot of seafood, because the carbon in fish could have been generated hundreds of years ago and then recycled among the fish and plants (and other food) before being caught and eaten by a human.
QJWk9 TIL that the founder of Taco Bell originally ran a hamburger stand, but switched to tacos because he couldn't compete with a hamburger stand nearby. That stand was the first McDonald's.
ADRPw TIL "Jump Jim Crow" is a song & dance from 1828 that was done in blackface by white minstrel performer Thomas Dartmouth (T. D.) "Daddy" Rice. The term Jim Crow had become a pejorative term for African Americans by 1838 and from this the laws of racial segregation became known as Jim Crow laws
JYnAV TIL Van Halen would request for "No Brown M&Ms" to check the promoter had actually read the contract to ensure the safety of the lighting rig.
R74J9 TIL about a small lake in the Himalayas where hundreds human skeletons were found; while it was originally believed they all died simultaneously, a recent study shows these were several groups genetically different, dating back to 7th century, coming from as far as the Mediterranean