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TIL that "sheeple" is not actually internet slang or a term coined due to modern political discourse. The first documented use of the term appeared in a March 1945 Op-Ed of "The Musical Times' criticizing the BBC.

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xVvmD TIL a man named Theodore Coneys, AKA the Denver Spiderman, broke into a man’s house and hid in the attic. He ended up murdering the man, then continued to live in the attic for months during the murder investigation, while the murdered man’s wife still lived in the house
wQLP TIL Dogs can recognize when we are mad, and intentionally don’t make eye contact with an angry human. They also do their best to calm us down.
mbVv TIL there is a restaurant in Pittsburgh called the Conflict Kitchen that only serves foods from countries that the USA is currently in conflict with.
d8xOj TIL there was a man who made a $5 bet in 1964 that man would reach the moon before 1970. He won $24,000.
5YGdQ TIL that the coat evolved from padding known as the doublet that protected the skin of knights from chafing by armor or chainmail. Around the 14th Century, it became fashionable for nobles to wear the doublet as an outer garment as if perhaps they had just come from the battlefield.