Patent No. 465,588 was filed over 126 years ago, today, it solves one of the greatest debates in American history …

Patent No. 465,588 was filed over 126 years ago, yet remains one of the most important pieces of contemporary American history to this day. Then, and still today, the invention was revered as the all to ubiquitous 'paper roll' — a contentious point of debate still deep in our collective conscious. Over or Under? Will it ever end …

It does now. Rifling through some 10 million patents (probably physically, like a real goddamn patriot), Twitter user and tech journalist @ow uncovered one of the most important cases for a 'roll over' we've ever seen — actual illustrations from the creator, Seth Wheeler.

Upon further scientific inspection, the apparatus threads towards the poopee, indicating very clearly that if one were to ever use this device, it would be torn at the bottom, gently, and refilled by a soft tugging motion. 

This is not a drill: this is history …