For those of you who aren't history nerds like Jacky and I, you may not know what today is (and the answer isn't KatsuCon :^P).
On this date in 1804, Stephen Decatur committed one of the most impressive acts of sour grapes in US history, if not world history.
Prelude: The American frigate USS Philadelphia had run aground off the coast of Tripoli on
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