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TIL that humans are the only animals that have chins

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7oYL TIL that the body of Richard III, infamous king of England, was lost for over 500 years before being found beneath a parking lot in 2012.
4Ok5 TIL None of the Beach Boys actually surfed except for Dennis who died drowning.
j6dgQ 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.
gpm4 TIL the first left/right ideological debate in American media history is considered to be a pamphlet war in the 1790’s between Thomas Paine and Edmund Burke over the topic of the then ongoing French Revolution
PY4vG TIL in Finland, local municipalities can veto parliamentary ratification of licensing a new nuclear reactor within their regions.