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TIL about the Ludlow Massacre when a corporation used the National Guard to kill the company's employees for daring to strike

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R7LZQ TIL that despite the Seven Years' War between Britain and France, France instructed its ships not to interfere with the Endeavour's expedition to Tahiti to observe the 1769 Transit of Venus as, it was ‘out on enterprises of service to all mankind'.
0w8Q1 TIL In 1891 women throughout Victoria went door to door, gathering signatures for a women’s suffrage petition, which became known as the ‘Monster Petition'. The petition was approximately 260 metres long and contained nearly 30,000 signatures, including that of Jane Munro, the Premier’s wife.
KYLma TIL in the town of Kurri Kurri Australia they have an annual festival for mullets. Mulletfest is an event that honours the best Mullet cuts in various styles and categories, including 'everyday', 'grubby', 'ranga' (red hair), 'vintage', 'extreme', 'international' and 'junior'.
lopAG TIL one of the singers of Africa by the band Toto was also the singing voice of adult Simba in The Lion King. And he is the son of composer John Williams
JXBk TIL North Carolina’s Lumbee Indians learned that the KKK were holding a rally against them nearby. The Native Lumbees attacked at night, outnumbering the Klansman 5:1, and drove them off.