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TIL about the revenge of the 47 rōnin, an event in Japan in which a band of rōnin (lordless samurai) avenged the death of their former master, who was ordered to commit seppuku by a powerful official. After waiting for a year, they killed the official, surrendered themselves and committed seppuku.

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