- Harley Proctor got the idea to name the soap "Ivory" while he was listening to a bible reading at a church in 1879.
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- In 1924, Kleenex tissues were originally designed as a cold cream remover.
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- In 1989, twenty-three people were hired in Jacksonville Florida just to flush toilets so the pipes would not freeze.
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- The first modern toothbrush was invented in China. Its bristles came from hogs hair or the mane of a horse that were then put into ivory handles.
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- The first toilet being flushed in a motion picture was in the movie "Psycho."
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- The first Tupperware item marketed was the seven-ounce bathroom cup in 1945.
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- The laundry detergent Tide, has a market share of about forty percent market.
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- The only king without a moustache in a deck of cards is the king of hearts.
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- Murphy's Oil has been used on elephants in the winter to clean them.
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- New Jersey has a spoon museum that has over 5,400 spoons from across the world.
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- It costs about 3 cents to make a $1 bill in the United States.
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- In the U.S., over one million gallons of cosmetics, drinks, and lotions are sold that contain aloe in them per year.
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- On average, a disposable diaper can hold up to 7 pounds of liquid.
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- Some Chinese chopsticks contain gold as one of their materials.
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- Chopsticks originated from China approximately 4,000 years ago.
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- The first product that the toy company Mattel came out with was picture frames.
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- The name for Ivory Soap was inspired by a verse from the Bible. Harley Proctor thought of the name when the minister read from Psalms 45:8, "All thy garments smell of myrrh and aloes and cassia, out of the ivory palaces whereby they have made thee glad."
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- Children who live in homes that are heated with wood are more likely to develop respiratory illnesses than children who don't.
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- About 26% of all indoor water used by households in Sydney, Australia are for laundry.
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- On average, an American home has 3-10 gallons of hazardous materials.
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- Washing machines use anywhere from 40 to 200 litres of water per load.
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- The oldest documented footwear found was a 8,000 year-old sandal found in a cave located in Missouri, USA.
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- Approximately 18 billion disposable diapers end up in landfills each year. These diapers can takes as long as 500 years to finally decompose.
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- Babies who wear disposable diapers are five times more likely to develop diaper rash than those that wear cotton diapers.
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- On average, an American family sends and receives 28 Christmas cards each year.
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