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TIL William Penn's 1682 design of Philadelphia had a rectangular grid pattern with evenly spaced lots for residents to have private outdoor space for gardens and retain a sense of country living within the rapidly-expanding city

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OoJge TIL that Lee Valley, a Canadian woodworking tool company, pays their employees on a “slope”. This means the top paid CEO cannot make more than 10 times the lowest paid employee. It also means the same CEO gets the same cut of their profit sharing as the lowest paid employee
k09g TIL the animators of “Toy Story” filmed themselves trying to walk while wearing shoes nailed to a wooden plank in order to have a reference for the green army men.
16ak8 TIL Some teen thieves were made to dress up as Flintstones characters as punishment for stealing a Flintmobile replica from a comic book store
OGn76 TIL Wine is used to cook fondue because its acid helps to keep the cheese from stringing together
Memb0 TIL Little River, CA, is the lowest-income community in the USA - a 2013-2017 study found that it had a median annual household income of $3,194.