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TIL the only American President to propose a guaranteed minimum income was a Republican, Richard Nixon.

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9vQX TIL as many as 800 languages are spoken in New York City, making it the most linguistically diverse city in the world.
RXDw TIL in 1999 a mentally ill man was arrested for plotting to kill sheriff Joe Arpaio with a pipe bomb. Saville was acquitted four years later when it was discovered that Arpaio’s detectives had purchased the bomb parts themselves and framed Saville in a publicity stunt to boost approval ratings.
m1dAR TIL During the 1902 Pennsylvania gubernatorial race Governor Samuel W. Pennypacker was depicted as a parrot so he passed the Salus-Grady libel law which banned representing politicians as animals. Cartoonist all over the nation responded by drawing politicians as vegetables and inanimate objects.
6E1Bl TIL Peter Sellers lines in the classic flick Dr Strangelove were mostly improvised by Sellers on the set, including the spontaneous uncontrollable Nazi salute. Kubrick then included the lines in the official screenplay via retroscripting. The character was based on former Nazi Wernher von Braun
BrP7d TIL that graffiti artist Banksy sought to trademark his image of a protester throwing flowers. The trademark office denied it on the grounds of him having no interest in selling his work. In the ruling they used a quote from one of Banksy's books: "copyright is for losers"