When Gilded Age New York City went to war against banana peels : mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

When Gilded Age New York City went to war against banana peels (ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com)

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[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 7 points 3 weeks ago

TIL con man comes from confidence man (someone who does confidence tricks).

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 weeks ago

Beats war on drugs and war on Iran. Oh also beats war on windmills.