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Signature page of the Olive Branch Petition, adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 5th, 1775. The petition affirmed the colonies' loyalty to King George III and sought a peaceful resolution to the growing conflict.
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Signature page of the Olive Branch Petition, adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 5th, 1775. The petition affirmed the colonies' loyalty to King George III and sought a peaceful resolution to the growing conflict.

u/akiwi_intherough — 2 hours ago
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Florence Thompson, the Migrant Mother in Dorothea Lange's famous 1936 photo, holds up her likeness during an interview after her identity was made known, October 10, 1978

u/CarkWithaM — 6 hours ago
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The 9th Emperor of the Han Dynasty, Liu He, was impeached on 1,127 charges of misconduct and removed from the throne with a month of his reign. Liu He had spent the entire month partying with his friends and women, spending money lavishly, and ignoring his official duties and responsibilities.

u/Intranetusa — 1 hour ago
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1979 purge of the Ba'ath party by Saddam Hussein, in which 68 high ranking members were publicly accused of treason and arrested on the spot. 21 of them were executed

u/cololz1 — 17 hours ago
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On 21 September 1976, Chilean diplomat Orlando Letelier was killed in Washington DC by a car bomb planted by agents of Augusto Pinochet's secret police, the DINA. Declassified US intelligence documents indicate that Pinochet personally ordered the assassination.

u/GustavoistSoldier — 11 hours ago
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Hannah Cornelius was remembered as the girl who gave birthday gift bags to underprivileged children. In 2017, men fractured her friend’s skull with rocks, but he survived. They abducted Hannah and subjected her to one of South Africa’s most horrific crimes.

u/SelfCareIsFake — 1 day ago
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In 1942, after a German U-boat sank his ship, Poon Lim was left alone in the Atlantic. He drifted on a life raft for 133 days before being rescued near Brazil in 1943. When found, he said, “I hope no one has to break that record.”

u/SelfCareIsFake — 1 day ago
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On April 28, 1945, in Germany, the Social Democrat Hans Rummer ousted the National Socialist mayor of Penzberg, prevented the demolition of the local mine, and liberated forced laborers. Shortly thereafter, he and 16 others, inlcuding a pregnant woman, were brutally executed

u/Twice_fan_multi — 1 day ago
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Olga Benário (1908–1942) was a Jewish German communist and the wife of Brazilian revolutionary Luís Carlos Prestes. After Prestes unsuccessfully attempted to overthrow Brazil's government in 1935, Olga was extradited to Nazi Germany while pregnant. She was eventually murdered during the Holocaust.

u/GustavoistSoldier — 1 day ago
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In 2010, 19-year-old model Johana Casas was killed in Argentina. Her ex, Víctor Cingolani, was convicted. Three years later, Johana’s identical twin sister married him.

u/SelfCareIsFake — 2 days ago
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In 1873, the Shah of Iran met Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild and suggested him to create a Jewish state. Rothschild did not respond and ridiculed the idea.

u/MathematixMatrix — 2 days ago
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Hawaii in the late 1800s planted fast-growing leucaena trees for cattle fodder and erosion control, but scientists now say they have spread across the islands, replacing native dry forests with dense invasive stands

u/TheoryResident1805 — 1 day ago
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On July 13, 1788, a massive hailstorm destroyed France’s harvest, spiking bread prices. Exactly one year and one day later, July 14, 1789, bread prices hit their 18th-century peak, the exact same day the Bastille fell.

u/Johnfromsales — 2 days ago
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On 25 January 1998, Tom and Eileen Lonergan were left behind on the Great Barrier Reef when their dive boat headed home without them. Nobody noticed for two days. Six months later, a fisherman found their final message on a drift slate: "Please help to rescue us before we die."

u/CarkWithaM — 2 days ago