Top 10 facts about soap
The earliest known soap was made by the Babylonians around 2800BC
 
THE world’s longest-running TV soap opera, Coronation Street, was first transmitted 55 years ago on Wedbnesday, on December 9, 1960.
 
1. The term soap opera dates back to US daytime radio dramas of the 1930s which were often sponsored by soap or detergent manufacturers. 
2. The earliest known soap was made by the Babylonians around 2800BC. 
 
3. The Roman writer Pliny describes soap as an invention of the Gauls for making their hair shiny.
4. Liquid soap was patented by the American William Sheppard in 1865. 
Those in EastEnders are almost twice as likely to die as characters in Coronation Street
 
5. The word soap is not used in any Shakespeare play but it occurs twice in the King James Bible.
6. In 2002 an estimated 595 people in the UK were treated in hospital after soap-related accidents. 
7. In 1712 England imposed a tax on soap which was not repealed until 1835. 
8. The US gangster and con man “Soapy” Smith (1860-98) acquired his nickname through a racket selling bars of soap allegedly containing banknotes. 
 
Top 10 facts about soap
Those in EastEnders are almost twice as likely to die as characters in Coronation Street

Top 10 facts about soap
Liquid soap was patented by the American William Sheppard in 1865

9. According to a paper in the British Medical Journal, characters in soap operas have higher mortality rates than bomb disposal experts, Formula One drivers or steeplejacks. 
10. Those in EastEnders are almost twice as likely to die as characters in Coronation Street.

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