Or Tzar/Czar: the title of monarchs or supreme rulers in certain eastern European countries.
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Fact of the Day
In 1850, cannabis was used in the US to treat tetanus, typhus, cholera, rabies, dysentery, alcoholism, anthrax, leprosy, and insanity.
Quote of the Day
"He who trusts no one is distrusted by all the world.
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~ William Marshal's biographer
On This Day
1913 Suffragette Emily Davison stepped in front of king's horse at Epsom, but didn't expect to be killed - she'd bought a ticket home.
1940 The final day of the Dunkirk evacuation (Operation Dynamo). 338,226 British, French and Belgian soldiers were rescued in total.