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TIL Organized cheerleading began in the 1870s as an all-male activity. Women weren't permitted to participate in cheerleading until 1923, with newspapers and manuals still referring to cheerleaders as "chap", "fellow", or "man" at the time.

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LQQJp TIL the YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) was founded under the principles of 'Muscular Christianity,' a Christian philosophy that ties physical strength and development with Christian spiritual growth. The creation of the modern Olympic Games was also influenced by this philosophy.
9Y5p6 TIL "To destroy this invisible Government, to dissolve the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of the day" was the platform of the 1912 Bull Moose Party championed by former Republican President Theodore Roosevelt.
veMK TIL The theme park “Epcot” at Walt Disney World, Florida is actually an acronym. It stands for “Experimental Prototype Community Of Tomorrow”
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6EQmm TIL that in 2008, Tim McLean was beheaded and cannibalised while riding a bus in Canada. The perpetrator, Vince Li, spent seven years in mental hospital, and was released in 2015, to a group home. He was granted a discharge in 2017. One of the first officers on the scene later committed suicide.