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TIL the real reason Steve left Blues' Clues was because he was suffering from depression

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XEPlk TIL that an excavation of ancient Babylon revealed evidence that Babylonians were making soap around 2800 B.C. They were the first one to master the art of soap making. They made soap from fats boiled with ashes. Soap was used in cleaning textile manufacture and medicinally for at least 5000 years.
5dBQ TIL That Sgt. Baker in WWII earned the Medal of Honor from a series of actions that ended with him requesting being left, propped against a tree with only a pistol and eight rounds. His body was found in the spot later, pistol empty, and eight dead Japanese lying before him.
vPpj8 TIL Niʻihau, known as the Forbidden Isle, is a Hawaiian island completely owned by the Robinson family. The island only has 84 inhabitants, is mostly closed-off to tourists, and was once considered as the United Nations headquarters.
DQJvJ TIL that Boeing in 2012 used potatoes to test Wi-Fi on airplanes
7rkbr TIL that in 1913, Freud, Trotsky, Lenin, Stalin and Hitler were all living in the same neighborhood in Vienna, Austro at the same time.