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King Pedro I didn't let a little thing like murder ruin his marriage. He exhumed his dead lover, propped her corpse on the throne, and forced the nobility to…
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Fidel Castro's intense obsession with dairy products led the Cuban government to dedicate vast resources to what?
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King Adolf Frederick of Sweden enjoyed a modest dinner of lobster, caviar, and champagne, followed by exactly fourteen massive servings of his favorite…
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Being the absolute king sounds great until you realize it means aggressively dealing with angry mobs. During the July Revolution of 1830, his father quickly…
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Because turning your back on an aristocrat was apparently a fatal insult. A paranoid 15th-century noble literally forced all of his staff to exit rooms…
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In 1783, after the American Revolution, King George III quietly met the painter Benjamin West. When West relayed whispers that Washington might become king,…
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