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TIL After the revolt of unskilled industry workers in Florence in 1378, Michelle Di Lando, the son of a washerwoman, was chosen as president on the spot after storming the government seat barefooted. He soon made an alliance with the moderates, violently crushing the radical branch of the movement

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