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TIL Prior to the Reagan era trickle down economics was called Horse and Sparrow Theory, as in feed the horse lots of oats and the sparrows get to pick it out of their poop.

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QjY9 TIL that according to South Carolina’s constitution, you cannot hold a public office if you deny the existence of a Supreme Being.
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OoMDe TIL that because of a treaty signed in 1795, the state of New York still gives 150 bushels of salt to the Onondaga people every spring
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