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Soap was once made from fat and ash

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The beautiful, fragrant, colorful bars sitting on your bathroom sink have a deeply unappetizing heritage. The earliest recorded recipe for a cleansing bar dates back to ancient Babylon, where citizens boiled animal fat with wood ashes to create a crude, slimy paste. It worked incredibly well for removing heavy grime, even if it meant bathing with the remnants of last night's campfire.

Soap was once made from fat and ash
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