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DQObD TIL George Washington prevented a military coup over unpaid back wages by putting on a pair of glasses to read a letter from Congress, explaining he was "almost blind in the service of my country.” Moved to tears, his officers compromised.
NaP1 TIL the first African American to hold an international pilot license was Bessie Coleman, a woman who had to learn to fly in France when no one would agree to train her in the US because of her gender and race. She was licensed two years before Amelia Earhart was.
7rZbX TIL EA Games offered to pay Benjamin Burnley (Breaking Benjamin) to talk positively about Star Wars: Battlefront. Benjamin proceeded to destroy the game's disc and claim the game sucks
nePYr TIL in 1983 the top dart players of the world including all active former world champions broke away from the British Darts Organization and founded their own organization, and although there have been conciliation movements, the split remains to this day.
lo5EV TIL Prince Pedro of Portugal fell in love with his wife's maid, Inês de Castro. After his wife died, his father, King Afonso IV, desired he remarry but not to Inês. Pedro refused; so, the King had Inês killed. Pedro captured two of her killers and publicly executed them by tearing out their hearts.