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TIL Cashmere Wool Comes From Goats, Not Sheep

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6EWr8 TIL Plato wrote of the Ring of Gyges: A shepherd found a golden ring in a tomb in a cave, pocketed it, realized it could make him invisible, used it to seduce the queen, commit regicide, and become the new king.
PYdxV TIL of the first person to be banned from the internet, Chris Lamprecht (u/mthreat)
X05kr TIL in many Indian religions, which include Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, idols (murti) are considered as symbolism for the absolute but not the Absolute Itself, or icons of spiritual ideas, or the embodiment of the Supreme. It is a means to focus one's religious pursuits and worship (bhakti).
NXbM1 TIL that you can contract Leprosy from armadillos
grn4D TIL scientists aren't entirely certain what evolutionary advantage we get from our ability to taste sourness. The other main tastes are know to either draw us to particular nutrients or steer us away from toxins, but we're not so sure about sour.