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R5dXl TIL The prince of Liechtenstein threatened to pack up and leave his country and live in Austria if voters had rejected proposals that would have extended his powers in a 2003 referendum.
wo5eM TIL about the Peter principle, which observes that people in a hierarchy tend to rise to "a level of respective incompetence".
695YX TIL that 8 members of the Little Rock Nine - a group of Black students who were prevented by angry mobs from enrolling in a white high school in Little Rock, Arkansas - are still alive.
4ROw TIL in 1680, the Pueblo Indians of N.M., unified by leader Popé, drove off their Spanish oppressors for 12 years. Because of this, they were able to save their culture and beliefs, which still exist today. The Pueblo Revolt is considered the most successful Indian rebellion in American history.
5Vvpr TIL Mumbai in India has the highest concentration of Art Deco style buildings in the world after only Miami, US.