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TIL of the "Two Santas Strategy" that Republicans since Reagan use to both hinder Democrat investments and justify Republican tax cuts

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WkPBA TIL: Hummingbirds continue to learn new songs and can adapt older songs throughout their lifetimes.
R5Bb1 Today I Learned that footmen in a great house would always be called "James" or "John" regardless of what their actual name was. This was because the footmen may have a too working-class sounding name.
rv8o TIL of the word defenestrate which means “to throw (someone) out of a window.” There are two separate events known as “The Defenestration of Prague” - both times it started a war.
nY6B TIL - In 2001, workers took over a struggling factory after their employer refused to provide them with a travel allowance and left the business for dead. Soon, they had made new clients, paid off the factory debts, and raised their salaries. The factory continues to run as a co-operative.
E14Yd TIL that Jim Adkins of Jimmy Eat World was sent an email from a high school girl who talked about how she didn’t quite fit in with others, wasn’t part of any social groups, and felt like she was stuck in “the middle”....so he wrote a song about her.