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TIL that in 1893 Hawaii’s monarchy was overthrown when a group of businessmen and sugar planters forced the queen to abdicate. The coup led to the dissolving of the Kingdom of Hawaii two years later, its annexation as a U.S. territory and eventual admission as the 50th state in the union.

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