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TIL the first documented strike by workers was in Ancient Egypt circa 1158 BC and it was largely successful.

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vPmo7 TIL after Han official He Jin was assassinated by eunuchs, angry troops led by Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu set the palace on fire, slaughtering any males without facial hair. It was so extreme that young men were forced to flash themselves to avoid being mistaken for eunuchs and killed.
ADOoB TIL of "Nintendocore", a musical genre that combines elements of video game theme music and sound effects to modern punk rock or metal.
Y7ddW TIL Australia successfully eradicated the invasive grey squirrel from Adelaide in the early 1900s through a prompt and coordinated effort involving government control and a bounty system
0dlp TIL Adolf Hitler was the first one to name a weapon an “assault rifle” (for the Nazi Army’s StG 44 weapon)
R7lxj TIL that a chimp, named Ham, originally from Cameroon, was sent into space and recovered alive in a test to ensure that a human being could survive space flight and perform useful functions outside Earth's atmosphere. He died at 25 and is buried at the International Space Hall of Fame in New Mexico.