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TIL Plain Soap is as Good as Antibacterial Soap at Killing Bacteria

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vjGK TIL the ‘Shag Harbor UFO Crash’ (1967, Nova Scotia, Canada) was one of the few such incidents where a Government agency formally declared UFO involvement.
KORvG TIL that it is a myth that more people are alive today than have ever lived. It is estimated that 50-100 billion or more are believed to have already died yet there are currently around 7 billion people alive. Not surprisingly TIL often says "There are more people alive now than ever lived"...Nope.
BrvRe TIL that the earliest known depiction of Christ is a piece of Roman graffiti mockingly depicting Jesus as a crucified donkey
m1lLP TIL at the prompting of a prison chaplain, Joseph Paul Jernigan of Texas accepted to donate his body for scientific research or medical use. His cadaver was then used by the Visible Human Project, which then cut his body in 1871 1-millimeter cross-sections, which were then digitalized
lWM1 TIL that the US Department of Education made around 51 Billion dollar profit off of government student loans, equivient to the profit of PMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup and Wells Fargo combined.