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TIL: In 1914 The Suffragettes tried to blow up the Coronation Chair

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YpdWd TIL of the National Defence Corps Incident. When a South Korean force of 406,000 suffered 300,000 casualties from starvation, disease and mass desertion due to High ranking officers embezzling funds earmarked for the purchase of food supplies.
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BrMky TIL that about seven in 10 wealthy families lose their fortune by the second generation and by the third generation, that number has jumped to 90 percent.
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