Oxydol
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Oxydol is the name of a laundry detergent sold in the United States. It was created in 1927 and manufactured by Procter & Gamble, who sold the brand in 2000 to Redox Brands, a marketing company founded by former Procter & Gamble employees.
In the 1930s, Oxydol was the sponsor of the Ma Perkins radio show, considered the first soap opera.
In the Konami video game Silent Hill 3, in order to solve one of the puzzles, the main character of the game had to combine Oxydol with Pork Liver and ignite the resulting mixture with a match.
In the novel Farewell to Manzanar, the author mentions Oxydol as being the soap which Japanese Americans were issued during their internment in World War II. It is said that it was so overly used (and its aroma so strong) that it was the primary scent found in any of the barracks.
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