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TIL that ancient Greek historian Polybius came up with a cyclical theory of government (anacyclosis), where governments start off as monarchies, the final stage is ochlocracy, when a democracy degenerates into chaos and mob-rule. Then the cycle resets itself.

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a8ENN TIL There is a bar named Jack Ruby's Saloon in downtown Dallas mere blocks from The Sixth Floor Museum and Dealey Plaza (Site of JFK assassination). The history buff owner loves the fact that Ruby, who shot JFK's assassin, owned a bar and sells T-shirts that says "I took a shot at Jack Ruby's."
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