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TIL Thomas Paine proposed a “Citizen’s Dividend” upon the principle that the natural world is the common property of all persons so all citizens receive regular payments (dividends) from revenue raised by leasing or taxing the monopoly of valuable land and other natural resources…

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ro80 TIL that the “slipping on a banana peel” trope originated in the late 1800s, when discarded banana peels were considered a serious public hazard
Jkn1 TIL: Women were not allowed to wear trousers on the US Senate floor until 1993 when two senators defied the ban. Later that year the rule was amended to allow women to wear trousers.
xVPpD Today I learned that Bryan Ware created the Crayon Initiative that collects used crayons from restaurants and melts them down to make new crayons for children's hospitals.
yQLVe TIL 10% of Florida's adult population are felons
mxQMR TIL That the book 'Where the Wild Things Are' created controversy when it was first published because many parents and people thought that the wild things looked too scary for children