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TIL, Deodorant...Egyptians "invented the art of scented bathing" and took to applying perfume to their pits. The first trademarked deodorant -- in 1888! -- was called Mum, and the first antiperspirant, Everdry, followed 15 years later.

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xVkJo TIL that the american flag "code" prohibits using the flag "for any advertising purpose" and also states that the flag "should not be embroidered, printed, or otherwise impressed on such articles as cushions, handkerchiefs, napkins, boxes, or anything intended to be discarded after temporary use".
QNk4X TIL that The Lion King was intentionally modeled after Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
EJWd TIL that the feeling we get when we see something so cuddly that we want to squeeze it actually has a name. It’s called “cute aggression”.
5Yl68 TIL of an ongoing soviet fox domestication experiment that selectively bred for 'friendliness'. After a few generations the foxes had other surprising traits like better social skills, larger litter sizes, curlier tails, droopier ears and showed skeletal changes (making them look 'cuter', like dogs)
6Ee87 TIL Florida outlawed recreational dwarf tossing in 1989.