TIL that the terms “left” and “right” in politics stem from the seating arrangements during the French Nat’l Assembly. Delegates were split on how much power King Louis XVI should have—enraged, anti-royalist revolutionaries sat to the left of the presiding officer.

https://www.history.com/news/how-did-the-political-labels-left-wing-and-right-wing-originate
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