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TIL that in 1963, Brazilian senator Arnon de Mello tried to kill his political rival and fellow senator Silvestre Péricles, inside the Senate building. He failed, killing instead José Kairala, a substitute Senator that was attending his last Senate session.

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TIL that in 1963, Brazilian senator Arnon de Mello tried to kill his political rival and fellow senator Silvestre Péricles, inside the Senate building. He failed, killing instead José Kairala, a substitute Senator that was attending his last Senate session.

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TIL a priest named Savonarola led a popular revolution in Florence by denouncing the corruption and wealth of city aristocrats, including the Medici. For four years in the 1490s the people of Florence chased out the wealthy and burned their belongings.

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