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TIL Hazel Massery, infamous for being pictured screaming at Elizabeth Eckford during the school desegregation of Little Rock, received hate mail afterward and eventually dropped out of high school. She later rejected racism and segregation and support black rights, reconciling with Elizabeth Eckford
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TIL Alan Pinkerton fled to America for being associated with workers rights groups in Scotland. He aided John Brown, opposed slavery, and protected Lincoln from assassination plots. However, The Pinkertons would become most infamous for their violence and subterfuge of striking workers.
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TIL ancient graffiti found in Pompeii calls into dispute the date Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD. A millennia would pass before archeologist’s would discover a workers charcoal inscription dated 17 October 79 AD. 2 months after the infamous city was allegedly buried under 20 feet of ash and pumice stone.
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