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Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 10 days ago

When Gilded Age New York City went to war against banana peels

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When Gilded Age New York City went to war against banana peels

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River pirates, sneak thieves, pickpockets, confidence men—New York City in 1896 was grappling with rising rates of relatively new crimes that threatened the safety of Gilded Age Gotham. But tthe ci…

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Beats war on drugs and war on Iran. Oh also beats war on windmills.
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TIL con man comes from confidence man (someone who does confidence tricks).
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No my dear yanks, not everything is a ‘war’.

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