gibmiser@lemmy.worldtoToday I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL In the 1800s, individuals secured government jobs through connections to presidents, not by merit. This practice ended after a disgruntled job-seeker assassinated President James A. Garfield,English
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1 month agoOhhhh I get it. The guy hated the stress of Mondays, so he killed Prez Garfield, who is later reincarnated as Garfield the cat who now hates Mondays because they remind him of his assassination.
Wouldn’t it have been easier to just put on a label with the date?