Welcome to the History Tricks, where any resemblance to a boring old history lesson is purely coincidental.

And here's your 30-second summary.

Who's coming to our ねぇ?

Miss Judley, trade it on up to a better catch.

The world said, hey, that's not cool, but Miss Judley won, because she's not a fool.

Miss Judley.

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Let's talk about Elizabeth Judley.

But first, let's drop her into history.

In 1776, which is pretty famous on this side of the Atlantic for a reason, everyone can

be reading Common Sense by Thomas Payne as it's published this year.

George Washington was awarded an honorary law degree from Harvard College.

Austria became the second country following Prussia to abolish torture and interrogations.

The first of an eventual six volumes of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire by Edward

Gibbon was published.

Adam Weishaupt founded the Order of the Illuminati in Bavaria to debate and oppose religious influence

on society.

Captain James Cook began his third and last voyage to the Pacific from England, which ended

in his death.

And in 1776, former courteer Elizabeth Chudley was brought up on scandalous charges that

captivated a country.

Elizabeth Chudley was born on March 8, 1721, the fifth child, but only the second living

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