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TIL Suffragettes were not entirely peaceful. After police beat female protestors on Black Friday, killing two, women started carrying guns and firebombing homes.

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yVyye TIL that the People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada was established in 1979 after the Marxist-Leninist New Jewel Movement overthrew the previous Grenadian administration. Grenada was still a commonwealth realm during this time, making it a socialist state with Elizabeth II as its monarch.
bQOa TIL in 1853 a candidate for governor in California accidentally campaigned in Oregon so they named the town after him
ZQJQ TIL “the phobias that people with panic disorder develop do not come from fears of actual objects or events, but rather from fear of having another attack.”
p8NZb TIL during the 1992 Los Angeles riots, 1,000 Federal SWAT agents (e.g. FBI HRT, BORTAC, U.S. Marshals SOG, etc.) were deployed to L.A. to serve alongside 3,500 Federal troops in helping state and local forces. It was the largest federal law enforcement response to a riot in any U.S. city in history.
Lk4QP TIL The United States Constitution lists issuing letters of marque and reprisal as one of the enumerated powers of Congress. These letters authorize a private person, known as a privateer, to attack and capture vessels of a nation at war with the issuer. Congress can make you a pirate.