Yes, as far back as 1890 when the Pacific Coast Borax company was founded.
Sapolio is a brand of soap that was used many years ago!
100 years ago, soap was commonly made using a combination of animal fats or vegetable oils, such as tallow or coconut oil, with lye (sodium hydroxide) as a key ingredient in the saponification process. This traditional method of soap making is known as the cold process.
It was discontinued years ago. You can still find some for sale on Ebay and likely other sites.
Sugar soap (carefully)
Yes, he is openly gay. He came out about ten years ago.
Soap was made by early man thousands of years ago. In about 2200 BC the recipe for soap was found on a clay tablet. The Babylonians were the first to make soap from fats boiled with ashes. Today there are many types of soap.
The foam soap dispenser was invented by Robert R. Taylor in the 1970s while working at the Dial Corporation. He developed the technology to mix liquid soap with air to create foam, reducing the amount of soap used per hand wash.
Ink was used for pens many years ago. It was used in China in probably the 23rd century.
Boron in the form of borax was used as a pottery glaze in China about 1700 years ago.
1,200 years ago.
Pomegranate skins were used 4000 years ago, to fight intestinal worms and to dye leather.
I believe Procter and Gamble phased it out in favour of the "Dawn" line of products about twenty years ago.