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TIL that in 1909 Sir Winston Churchill tried to enact the People’s Budget, based on the economic philosophy of Henry George. The People’s Budget sought to redistribute wealth and implement a land tax. In 1908, approximately 66% of the capital wealth was owned by 1.4% of all families in the UK.

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dEWj TIL that during the construction of Coors Field (a baseball stadium in Denver, home of the Colorado Rockies) a number of dinosaur fossils were found, most notably a 7-foot triceratops skull. This is why their mascot “Dinger” is a triceratops.
pROG TIL that instead of celebrating April Fools, the French celebrate April Fish (Poisson d'Avril) where they sneak up behind people and tape paper fish to their backs.
neayb TIL that the stomach is lined with a network of neurons, which is responsible for making us experience the "gut feeling" we get when we are nervous. There are actually over 100 million brain cells in the gut, which is as many as there are in the brain of a cat.
Q9xL TIL when the KGB tried to blackmail Indonesian President Achmed Sukarno with videotapes of the president having sex with Russian women disguised as flight attendants, Sukarno wasn’t upset. He was pleased. He even asked for more copies of the video to show back in his country.
vPO0D TIL Critical Periods: Periods of time where an organism's brain is extremely malleable and sensitive to stimuli. If the organism doesn't receive the appropriate stimulus during this critical period to learn a given skill- it maybe difficult or even impossible to develop certain associated functions